Specifically tailored to business students, this undergraduate-level textbook features a how-to approach and is filled with current, lively examples designed to generate student interest. The text's career-based organization takes readers from the kinds of leadership they can exhibit in supervisory roles to the visionary leadership they must exhibit in management and executive roles for ongoing organizational change and revitalization. It provides a unique blend of a review of the major theories and the major competencies needed by business leaders at all levels of the organization.