Acknowledgments

My colleagues at Spencer Stuart: the most talented collection of people I’ve ever known.

Tom Neff and David Daniel: their support of this project made it possible.

Nick Young: a brother to me.

Ania Wieckowski, Jacque Murphy, and the rest of Harvard’s staff: they took this material to another level.

Lucy McCauley: she is a master of her editorial craft.

Rafe Sagalyn: one of my most trusted advisors.

The people quoted in this book were only a fraction of those that helped form the ideas. I cannot express enough gratitude to all that were so gracious with their time and patient with my questions. I must express a special thanks to the following:

Richard H. AndersonChief Executive OfficerDelta Airlines
Clive J. BeddoeExecutive Chairman ...

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