EDWARD E. LAWLER is director of the Center for Effective Organizations at the University of Southern California and professor of management and organization in the USC Marshall School of Business. An internationally acclaimed scholar and author, Lawler has written or co-written thirty books, including From the Ground Up (1996) and Strategies for Creating High Performance Organizations-The CEO Report (1998), both from Jossey-Bass. Business Week has recognized him as one of the leading management experts in America.