GSDPP Alumnus Linda Grootboom's first book - Virtuosic Leadership: How to Effectively Connect with People for Corporate and Stakeholder Value Maximisation - has just been published. The book explores various contemporary corporate leadership approaches and makes a strong case for emotionally connected leadership. It also puts under the spotlight those negative leadership styles and mannerisms that have led to the demise of many CEOs and organisations around the globe.

Grootboom has had a remarkable career spanning the private, academic and public sectors in South Africa - one which involved him starting out after High School as a toilet cleaner and progressing to becoming a Deputy Director General in government. He is a corporate strategist, organisational development and design, and labour law specialist whose work focuses on strategic human resources, corporate performance and governance.

Copies of the book can be ordered online, or purchased directly from the author at R327.00 a copy by emailing theleangro@gmail.com.