Jeswald W. Salacuse is Henry J. Braker Professor of Law at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University. Formerly Dean of the Fletcher School and of the Southern Methodist University School of Law, he has practiced law with a Wall Street firm, directed a research institute in the Congo, been president of professional organizations, and served as a Ford Foundation executive in the Middle East and Africa. He has been a consultant to multinational corporations, universities, law firms, and international organizations. Salacuse is a member of the Steering Committee of the Program on Negotiation at Harvard, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, president of an international arbitration tribunal, and an independent director of several mutual funds listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

The most valuable people in and around an organisation are often the most difficult to manage. They are the "elite" - executives, highly educated professionals, investors, board members, experts in critical functions and others - whose special talents or positions give them unusual power and independence from those who seek to lead them. "Leading Leaders" shows the reader how to develop one-on-one, up-close-and-personal relationships with these movers and shakers and how to leverage their expertise for better decision making.