FIRST AND FOREMOST, thank you to the many thousands of incredible people who have shared with me over the years the lessons of their own experiences in the workplace. I also want to thank all of the business leaders and managers who have expressed so much confidence in our work at RainmakerThinking and who have given me the opportunity to learn from the real management issues they deal with and solve on a daily basis.
To the tens of thousands who have attended my seminars, I once again say thanks for listening, for laughing, for sharing the wisdom of your experience, for pushing me with the really tough questions, for all of your kindness, and for continually teaching me.
Many thanks as well to Bob Carkhuff and his team at HRD Press. And thanks to all of my colleagues, present and past, at RainmakerThinking.
To my family and friends, I owe my very deep gratitude. And, as always, I reserve my utmost special thanks for my wife, best friend, and partner in all things, Debby Applegate.