The book identifies the key “people propositions” that are practiced by enlightened companies, and invites leaders to become purposeful and principled as they transform their places of work and the lives of the people they lead. The opening chapters describe a survey of approximately six hundred organizations. Chapter 1 identifies four types of company according to how they value their employees. Chapter 2 contains examples of these enlightened companies. Subsequent chapters identify complementary ways of providing effective leadership within companies and consider, in depth, the concepts of The Purposeful Leader, The Principled Leader, The Resolute Leader, and The Exemplary Leader. Overall, this book encourages leaders to take bold and substantial steps to transform their organizations through leadership excellence.Highlights: • The book’s recommendations on leadership are based on long-standing, time-tested principles.• Leadership ideas set forth in the book are practical and readily applied to real-life work situations.• The book offers a good balance of theory and practice. • The book is based on the author’s decades of leadership experience.†