Alan Hooper is the Founder and a Fellow of the Centre for Leadership Studies, University of Exeter Business School. He is also a Visiting Professor at Bristol Business School. He consults widely on leadership and change-management and speaks regularly on Leadership based on his practical experience, authorship, consultancy and business school lecturing.

A"The book is skillfully written and flows well. The University Press is to be congratulated for its willingness to produce such a handsomely illustrated book.A"Huw Thomas, Urban Studies 231-243, Jan 2008