Your First Leadership Job: How Catalyst Leaders Bring Out the Best in Others

Acknowledgments

We (Rich and Tacy) owe tremendous thanks to many people who have helped us shape our vision for Your First Leadership Job into reality. We are indebted to the wisdom of over ten million leaders in 26 countries, who have used DDI's teachings to become catalyst leaders. They've sparked action in themselves, their teams, and their companies and, on behalf of DDI, we are thrilled to have made an impact. We also want to thank the more than 20,000 facilitators/instructors who have become certified instructors, master trainers, and overall ambassadors for DDI's interaction skills. You people are black belts and our heroes. Thank you for your stories, your spirit, and your passion to push us beyond where we thought we could go.

For their review, insight, edits, and gentle shaping over this past year, we specifically thank:

• Ellen McGirt, our behind-the-scenes writer, who helped us transform our HR speak into readable stories. We know we've all grown together through this process. Ellen, your encouraging voice will forever ring in our heads every time we write!
• Jim Concelman for his content guidance on every single competency-based skill development in our Mastery and Leadership Skill chapters. Thank you for being our beacon of frontline leadership development.
• To the multiple generations—spanning over four decades—of DDI's instructional designers, product managers, and consultants for their vision and for creating DDI's learning systems for frontline leader development. ...