Intentional Power

Acknowledgments

This book was the outgrowth of our classes at Stanford University's Continuing Studies program, corporate workshops, and speaking engagements delivered around the world. To our students and clients, thanks for challenging us to improve our thinking, refine the HEARTI model, and clarify our explanations. To all our guest executive speakers, thank you for being vulnerable and transparent in sharing the peaks and valleys of your careers. Whether or not your story was included in this book, know that your impact on hundreds of leaders is rippling through many industries.

This project wouldn't have come to fruition without the faith and full support of our team at Wiley. Thanks, Brian Neill, for believing in us, Julie Kerr, for holding us accountable, and Deborah Schindlar, for overseeing the effort. A special shout out to Wiley sales for their feedback and partnership in focusing the impact of this book.

To our PrismWork collaborators and advisors, thanks for keeping it real! This book was years in the making, and you lived through each iteration. We can't thank you enough for providing practical and moral support as we failed forward. And to our clients, thank you for your collaboration. It has been an honor to join you on your leadership journeys to fostering companies that deliver the triple bottom line.

Finally, it is with deepest gratitude that we would like to acknowledge our families for giving us the time “away” to bring this book to fruition. Coordinating ...