T he fast-changing business world of today is far different from just a few years ago. Success in today's marketplace requires new leadership techniques, new thinking, and an eye on the future . . . . <P> In <I>Make It So: Leadership Lessons from </i>Star Trek: The Next Generation^{<font size="-2">&reg</font>}, Wess Roberts and coauthor Bill Ross take their inspiration from today's most striking and most popular vision of the future -- <I>Star Trek</i> -- an unprecedented television, feature film and publishing phenomenon. From the top-rated television series <I>Star Trek: The Next Generation</i>, Roberts and Ross find a new symbol for successful leadership: Captain Jean-Luc Picard. <P> As entertaining as it is useful, <I>Make It So</i> captures the mythos of <I>Star Trek: The Next Generation</i> as it delivers dramatically rich lessons on leadership, including the importance of the ability to focus on a single "mission," effective communication, teamwork, honor . . . and other important concepts. The examples are taken from the on-screen adventures of Captain Picard and the <I>Starship Enterprise</i>^{<font size="-2">TM</font>}, but the lessons and the benefits are real -- and can be applied to everyday situations where the goal is the kind of high-performance organization embodied by the crew of the <I>U.S.S. Enterprise</i>^{<font size="-2">TM</font>} 1701-D. <P> Sure to appeal to <I>Star Trek</i> enthusiasts and serious students of leadership alike, <I>Make It So</i> is the most exciting business book on the shelves -- the one book that shows the future of modern leadership while giving managers the tools they need for success today!