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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Palmer, Russell E.
  Ultimate leadership : winning execution strategies for your situation / Russell Palmer.
       p. cm.
  ISBN 0-13-193386-8 (hardback : alk. paper)
  1.  Leadership.  I. Title.
  HD57.7.P349 2007
  658.4’092--dc22
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