High-Stakes Leadership

Acknowledgments

I wish to extend my deepest thanks to colleagues, friends, and family for their encouragement and support. I especially want to thank my clients, past and current, who work earnestly to add value, make the tough decisions, and do the right thing.

The colleagues with whom I learn, collaborate, and explore are among the finest consultants and people I have ever met:

Linda Henman, PhD, dear friend and wicked smart colleague, who supports, pushes, and makes me laugh until my sides hurt.

Linda Popky, excellent writer, marketer, and loving Jewish mother to everyone in her purview.

Alan Weiss, PhD, who has taught me more about consulting than I ever thought possible and without whose insistence I would not have written this book. He ...