Marvin Bower, one of McKinsey & Company's founders, reflects on the importance of leadership in working relationships and teamwork. Drawing on his extensive work with top executives during his career at McKinsey, he rejects the command-and-control style of managing that has built so many great companies. Instead, Bower provides sets of leadership guidelines so that readers can use their own judgments in dealing with the facts of particular companies and leaders in today's intensely competitive global marketplace. Bower weaves into his commentary stories and lessons from his role as advisor, mentor, and colleague.