| Despite the seemingly endless
challenges and pressures in today's workplace, many people are firm in their resolve
to assume leadership roles and make a difference. One of the barriers they face
is that there simply isn't a clear-cut path to follow. This inside look at a uniquely
effective style of leadership remedies that and guides the reader along the path
taken by these two proven leaders. Written by Tom Schmitt, a longtime FedEx
executive and internationally renowned management attorney and community leader
Arnold Perl, Simple Solutions explains how their style of leadership combines
tried-and-true tactics that really work with new leadership metrics that are highly
effective in today's high-performance benchmark company. Simplicity is the underlying
concept of this style of leadership. The fast-changing and competitive world of
business can look exceedingly complex. But Simple Solutions reveals how
even the most complex problem can be broken down into simple components and solved
using the right tools and the right amount of leadership passion. Great
leadership, as revealed here, is both highly practical and deeply inspirational
because it mixes logical leadership skills with creativity and personality. Schmitt
and Perl include real advice from effective leaders and real case studies that
reveal the ins and outs of truly effective corporate leadership. You'll find expert
guidance and real-world insight on making collaboration work, pursuing breakthrough
goals, tailoring leadership styles to fit team needs, assembling great teams,
and inspiring your people to ever higher levels of success. But this is
much more than a guide to leadership theory: not only does Simple Solutions
reveal that the art of great leadership can be learned, it also teaches you that
art. You'll learn how to take complex business idea and turn them into simple
solutions and how to apply these solutions to you own organization. You'll see
how the heart of quality leadership is the ability to boil things down to their
essence, see issues in their simplest forms, and find the simplest answers to
problems. When it comes to leadership, simple is better. If you're searching
for answers in the maze of big business, try these Simple Solutions. Tom
Schmitt is President and CEO of FedEx Global Supply Chain Services and Senior
Vice President of FedEx Solutions. Arnold Perl is a Partner at the
national labor and employment law firm of Ford & Harrison LLP. | 
