BusinessWeek’s “#1 Management Educator and Guru” helps business leaders sustain

the positive changes they have made—and avoid slipping back into old habits.

Organizations spend millions of dollars training employees in new skill sets, new thinking, and leadership training – only for those individuals to find they slip back into old ways, habits, and methodologies. Companies invest in their strongest asset – talent – only to find that the lessons learned from training only take hold for a short while. Or they implement strategic initiatives designed to influence corporate culture and thinking, only to discover that they fail after six months or so.

Personal change isn’t easy to sustain, and even small initiatives can often fail. What can companies and individuals do to foster and sustain transformation?

LEADERSHIP SUSTAINABILITY: Seven Disciplines to Achieve the Changes Great Leaders Know They Must Make, written by Dave Ulrich, a globally recognized figure in leadership and training, offers a close examination of how change happens and what kinds of leaders inspire change. Ulrich dives into the causal connections between attributes and outcomes, using examples, research, and hard data – all the while offering paths to leadership that will create stronger, more inspired organizations and a new generation of leaders.