Faustino Taderera, the celebrity, is the finest International Business brains ever produced in Zimbabwe and Africa and the most published icon and guru nicknamed, The Tom Peters of Zimbabwe, Africa and the Middle East. His students call him, The Rumbler and the Caterpillar, mainly for his passion, depth and incisive research in these areas. This book, The Trappings of Power, Leadership & Empire, is a must for anyone in a leadership position from politicians, managers, researchers and students. It gives you the tool kit to deal with all the intricacies of the highly risky organizational politics. Faustino Taderera is now one of the world s most eminent and distinguished researchers in International Business & Leadership and part of the elite renowned Global Think Tank whose opinion matters internationally and consults for transnational supranational organizations like UN, EU and leading world governments. He is a much sought after global academic and professional BRAND. This is Faustino s 15th book in a row.