The business community is awash in books, manuals and courses on what it takes to be a great leader. So why do you need another one? Consider the source: Ram Charan, coauthor of Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done and author of What the CEO Wants You to Know. One of the world's most influential business advisors, Charan has lent his expertise to such corporations as Verizon, General Electric, DuPont and KLM. In his forthcoming book, Know-How: The 8 Skills That Separate People Who Perform From Those Who Don't (Crown Business, January 2007), Charan outlines the key attributes of truly great leaders, based on more than three decades of hands-on experience.

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To start the New Year off on the right foot, take a look at what David Maister wrote about careers, firms and "wanting it."

People often ask David about his career and what he has learned from it. The lessons in the article apply not only to individual careers, but also to firm strategy.

Copyright David Maister. Reproduced with permission from www.davidmaister.com/articles.

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