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My Leadership Journey Guides Readers as They Chart Their Own Course to Leadership Wisdom CHICAGO, July 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- No two leaders are alike. Therefore, every aspiring leader must chart their unique course to success in their own way. That is the premise of a new book, titled My Leadership Journey, by Aon Consulting, the human capital consulting organization of Aon Corporation (NYSE:AOC). (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20041215/CGW049LOGO ) The book is authored by Kirk L. Rogg, Ph.D., senior vice president with Aon Consulting, and Donna Greenwood, Ph.D., partner with the Executive Planning Group. It is designed as part reference guide and part workbook, as readers are encouraged to complete exercises and activities throughout the book in an effort to uncover their unique leadership qualities, characteristics, strengths and weaknesses. The book enables each reader to determine the type of leader they are today and provides guidance on maximizing their leadership potential. "This book evolved as we worked to provide thousands of leaders with a powerful leadership development experience that lasted well beyond a mere training event," said Rogg. "During that time, we consistently found that purposeful leadership reflection and self-awareness often distinguish managers who will truly become wise, effective and excellent leaders from those who fail to rise above the mundane aspects of managing others." The authors of My Leadership Journey offer two distinctions between this book and other more "traditional" leadership books. First, it empowers the reader in developing a roadmap for success, as opposed to trying to mimic the success of others. Second, the central theme of this book stresses that purposeful reflection is critical to the development of every leader. My Leadership Journey is divided into nine sections, which include the following: Writing My Leadership Journey Exploring Leadership Heroes Traveling Solo Exploring Challenges Taking Your Team Along Course Charting Tools Exploring Reflection My Leadership Log Exploring Beliefs The first three sections of the book provide a foundation for good leadership development. The rest of the book takes a reader on his or her own leadership journey through a series of reflective exercises and activities. "Unlike many books on leadership, we are not giving the reader a specific map," said Greenwood. "That's because no two aspiring leaders are alike in terms of experiences, capabilities, skill sets, personalities and organizational requirements. Therefore, they cannot be expected to take the same route to progress toward their destination. Instead, this book provides the tools needed to chart the course that's best for each individual." More information on My Leadership Journey (including how to order) can be found at http://www.aon.com/my_leadership_journey . About Aon Aon Corporation ( http://www.aon.com/ ) is a leading provider of risk management services, insurance and reinsurance brokerage, human capital and management consulting, and specialty insurance underwriting. There are 46,000 employees working in Aon's 500 offices in more than 120 countries. Backed by broad resources, industry knowledge and technical expertise, Aon professionals help a wide range of clients develop effective risk management and workforce productivity solutions. Aon Consulting is among the top global human resources consulting firms, with 2005 revenues of $1.255 billion and 7,000 professionals in 120 offices throughout the world. Aon Consulting delivers integrated consulting solutions to help clients with employee benefits, human resources outsourcing, compensation, communication and management consulting. 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Potential factors that could impact results include: general economic conditions in different countries in which we do business around the world, changes in global equity and fixed income markets that could affect the return on invested assets, fluctuations in exchange and interest rates that could influence revenue and expense, rating agency actions that could affect our ability to borrow funds, funding of our various pension plans, changes in the competitive environment, our ability to implement restructuring initiatives and other initiatives intended to yield cost savings, our ability to execute the stock repurchase program, changes in commercial property and casualty markets and commercial premium rates that could impact revenues, changes in revenues and earnings due to the elimination of contingent commissions, other uncertainties surrounding a new compensation model, the impact of investigations brought by state attorneys general, state insurance regulators, federal prosecutors, and federal regulators, the impact of class actions and individual lawsuits including client class actions, securities class actions, derivative actions, and ERISA class actions, the cost of resolution of other contingent liabilities and loss contingencies, and the difference in ultimate paid claims in our underwriting companies from actuarial estimates. Further information concerning the Company and its business, including factors that potentially could materially affect the Company's financial results, is contained in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20041215/CGW049LOGO http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: Aon Corporation CONTACT: Joe Micucci of Aon Consulting, 312-381-4786, or Web site: http://www.aon.com/ http://www.aon.com/my_leadership_journey

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