A story about a woman who went away to learn leadership

Before Kathleen, an ambitious but not very emphatic manag-er, is entrusted with the management of the family business, her father sends her on a journey around the world. On this journey, which leads from Lafayette (Indiana) via Bangalore, Stockholm, Sao Paulo, New Zealand and back to the States, Kathleen learns a lot about herself and about the secret of true leadership excellence.

Whitney Breer, international management coach and expe-rienced trainer, has been accompanying executives all over the world for 25 years.

With this book, Whitney Breer has spun scientific proof and research, almost three decades of leadership trainings and coachings and hundreds of interviews into a story and a model which makes these learnings tangible for leaders around the world have been intertwined. She succeeds in the art of writing a business novel that presents the current state of research on self-management, leadership communication, teams, project management and other elements of leader-ship success in an entertaining and impressive story.

Leadership Excellence is a marathon, not a sprint. The reality is that there are small steps and principles that need to be practiced over long periods of time in order to make these changes sustainable.

Whitney Breer is an international Key Note Speaker, certifi ed trainer for Change Management and Positive Psychology and author on the topic of leadership. In the last 25 years she has worked with more than 60,000 people im over 25 countries in seminars, crisis interventions, or-ganizational development and executive leadership. It is Whitney’s goal to inspire and motivate people to take responsibility for and drive the changes they want to have.