It amazes me what passes for leadership . . . and the significant lack thereof. Probably the best book I have read recently discussing one aspect of leadership has been Leading Change by Kotter. The concepts presented in this book are universal and if considered will assist any leader in facilitating change within the organization. Key, of course to change is the create the sense of urgency that change, although possibly not desirable, is certainly unavoidable - what can be avoided, with some effort, is negative change. For example, the economic situation may mean that a business will definitely suffer financial reversals UNLESS some change occurs. With the inevitability of change coming, all that remains is to determine which changes can bring forth positive returns instead of negative, for the largest number of stakeholders. This, of course, recognizes that not all stakeholders will benefit or even survive the change, at least in their current incarnation.