Introduction

What could be the benefits for you as a person and as a leader if your words and actions come from a foundation of respecting others and a goal of making all those around you successful? Ralph Waldo Emerson said: “What we are speaks louder than what we say.” Now modify that by one word: Who we are speaks louder than what we say. If you agree with that statement and want to be a person and a leader who thinks the right thing to do is to respect others and help others be successful, this book gives you straightforward, occasionally profound, and consistently practical ways to begin to achieve that, and in the process, achieve incredible results! Let's start with a story of a former client.

The client was a 44-year-old CEO of an organization ...

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