Wise Decisions

Acknowledgments

Jim's Acknowledgments

My first and most important teachers of decision‐making were my parents, Mary and Con. It is my sincere hope that I would be for my three sons, Michael, Patrick, and Jeffrey, what my parents were for me. Other powerful influencers are my sister, Jane (Sister Margaret Mary), and my brother, Tom. I am immensely grateful to all of these teachers, as I still have much to learn.

To Sheila Ohlsson, you have been a joy to collaborate with and a treasure trove of insights in writing this book. You are authentic, innovative, humble, and brilliant.

To my longtime friend and business partner for over 30 years, Dr. Jack Groppel, thank you!

To Pat Loehr, John Collingwood, Caren Kenney, and Peter Scaturro, for their help with this manuscript.

To Dan Ritchie, for preparing such an extraordinary foreword.

To Sally Baker, Debbie Schindler, Amy Handy, and all the Wiley support staff who helped make this book possible. It has been a joy working with you all.

To all the current and former Human Performance Institute staff, of whom I am so proud, especially Sandy Friedrich, Chris Osorio, Fred Harburg, Chris Jordan, Bill McAlpine, Jenny Susser, Theresa Robinson, Jenn George, Lynn Seth, Jill Sharp, Cindy Heroux, Jenny Evans, Renate Gaisser, Stacey Sullivan, Phil Black, Tara Collingwood, Raphaela O'Day, Paul Wylie, Chris and Kara Mohr, Phil Burton, Natalie Johnson, Bob Carr, Bill Donovan, Steve Page, Lorenzo Beltrame, Raquel Garzon, Caroline Rivera, Becky Hoholski, ...