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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

 Berson, Alan S.

 Leadership conversations : challenging high-potential managers to become great leaders / Alan S. Berson, Richard G. Stieglitz. – 1st ed.

p. cm.

 Includes bibliographical references and index.

 ISBN 978-1-118-37832-8 (cloth); ISBN 978-1-118-55188-2 (ebk.) – ISBN 978-1-118-55186-8 (ebk.) – ISBN 978-1-118-55187-5 (ebk.)

 1. Communication in management. 2. Leadership. 3. Executive ability. 

I. Stieglitz, Richard G. II. Title.

 HD30.3.B476 2013

 658.4'092–dc23

 2012042025