ANDREW KAKABADSE is Professor of Management Development, Director of the Cranfield Centre for International Management Development, UK and Chairman of its Management Development board. He has consulted and lectured in the UK, Europe, the USA, Southeast Asia, China, Japan, Russia, Georgia, the Gulf States and Australia. His areas of interest focus on improving the performance of top executives and top executive teams, excellence in consultancy practice, corporate governance, and conflict resolution and international relations. METTE MORSING is Associate Professor and Director of Copenhag