How to Hire A-Players: Finding the Top People for Your Team - Even If You Don't Have a Recruiting Department

Acknowledgments

A number of people have been of great help to me in writing this book. It would be impossible to thank everyone who has done so, but I would like to highlight a few folks for special commendation.

First of all, I wouldn't have anything to say if I didn't have the privilege of working with great clients who lead terrific businesses. I appreciate the chance to add value to your organizations and to get to know you in the process. Thank you for sharing your stories with my readers—we can all learn from your experiences.

Paul Van De Putte introduced me to my agent Kirk Schroder, Managing Partner of Schroder Fidlow & Titley, PLC in Richmond, Va. Paul, I appreciate the introduction. Thanks for being the kind of person that everyone wants to know and for your friendship. Kirk, this book would not have happened without your work on my behalf. Thank you.

I want to thank my friend Bob Perkins for his wisdom on "leading leaders," which has shaped my own thinking about how to attract and keep A-players. Thanks also to my friend and mentor Walter Green for your time, your interest in me, and for teaching me always to ask and answer the question, "What does success look like?"

Dan Ambrosio, my editor at John Wiley & Sons, Inc., was the person who gave me a shot to publish this book commercially. Thank you, Dan! Thanks also to Christine Moore, Kate Lindsay, and Ashley Allison at Wiley, who did a terrific job of tightening up the writing in this book and making it commercial grade. ...