Leaders & Followers is about values and principles, people relationships, and

the characteristics of effective leaders and followers. It's about ideas and

practices that increase productivity and job satisfaction. It advocates the

essential need for a strong moral dimension in business that guides behavior

better than policies and rule books, and brings out the best in the people who do

the work of the organization.

The premise underlying Ruch's essays is that without followers, there can be no

leaders, a simple fact that often goes overlooked in the rush to praise

individuals at the expense of their organizations.

As noted author Max De Pree notes in his foreword "there are no gaps between his voice and touch."