Includes indexes.

Introduction: Leadership fantasy camp -- Unexpected discoveries -- Defining and evaluating real leadership -- Vision and values -- Creating culture -- Developing leaders -- Hiring the right people -- Leading well -- Earning and maintaining trust -- Confrontation and conflict -- Character -- Following -- Team building -- Faith and morals -- Power -- Criticism and pressure -- Skills and discipline -- Next steps.

Set in a fictional context of a Master Leader conference, Barna lets us listen in on his conversations with the "greats," 30 of the best-known and most respected leaders as they share through their stories of hard-won insights on leadership, how they achieved their own goals, what they learned from their failures and the 16 essential leadership keys you need to know. The master leaders include Ken Blanchard, Tony Dungy, Newt Gingrich, Seth Godin, Lou Holtz, John Kotter, Patrick Lencioni, Warren Bennis, Ben Carson, Son Soderquist, Ken Melrose, Erwin McManus, Miles McPherson, Mike Huckabee, Wilson Goode, Laurie Beth Jones, Michael Francese, Bob Dees, Sam Chand, Jon Gordon, Henry Cloud, Jimmy Blanchard, John Townsend, Barry Black, Ralph Winter, Kirbyjon Caldwell, Colleen Barrett, Lou Taylor and John Ashcroft.