Based on their experience plus the knowledge base of leadership experts and organizational behavior theorists, Ulrich (business, U. of Michigan) and colleagues at The RBL Group present five rules enabling disciplined action. A figure shows these leadership dimensions and rules, ranging from the strategist's shaping of the future to personal proficiency entailing investing in oneself. They include a leadership code self-assessment and exercises they employed with groups of company leaders, e.g., "Guess My Company" to identify their leadership competency model. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)