bYou aspire to lead with greater impact.b The problem is you're busy executing on today's demands. You know you have to carve out time from your day job to build your leadership skills, but it's easy to let immediate problems and old mind-sets get in the way. Herminia Ibarra--an expert on professional leadership and development and a renowned professor at INSEAD, a leading international business school--shows how managers and executives at all levels can step up to leadership by making small but crucial changes in their jobs, their networks, and themselves. In iAct Like a Leader, Think Like a Leaderi, she offers advice to help you p- Redefine your job in order to make more strategic contributionsbr- Diversify your network so that you connect to, and learn from, a bigger range of stakeholdersbr- Become more playful with your self-concept, allowing your familiar--and possibly outdated--leadership style to evolve pIbarra turns the usual think first and itheni act philosophy on its head by