CO-LEADERS The Power of Great Partnerships

In what could have been titled "Great Second Bananas of Our Time," the authors tell how the success of many superstar leaders was helped by their supportive, low-visibility partners. Using examples from the worlds of business, government, and sports, these two leadership gurus and business professors tell seamless stories of people who, though second in command, had enormous power within their spheres of influence. Some were actually more powerful than their more visible partners, like Steve Ballmer of Microsoft, or more comfortable in the second chair, like University of North Carolina Assistant Basketball Coach Bill Guthridge. The stories have historical and instructional significance that will hold the listener’s attention in spite of a rather mechanical reading. T.W. © AudioFile 2002, Portland, Maine [Published: OCT/ NOV 02]