ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
A book is never the work of the authors alone. In particular, a book of this nature leans
heavily on the ideas of the people acknowledged at the beginning of each leadership tool.
We thank these inspirational people for blazing a trail the rest of us can follow.
This book would be incomprehensible without the timely and brilliant editing of Eilis
Hiebert. With loving care, and without bruising the delicate egos of the writers, Eilis con-
verted tortured sentences into readable text.
Some friends and colleagues contributed material to the book: Clem Blakeslee, Mel
Blitzer, George Campbell, Layton Fisher, Wilf Hiebert, Diane MacDonald, and Ursula
Wohlfarth.
A number of other friends provided constructive feedback and encouragement, par-
ticularly in the sensitive early stages of development: Joan Batycki, Mel Blitzer, George
Campbell, Wes Carter, Wilf Hiebert, Peter Justo, Diane MacDonald, Ben Macht, Bernie
Novokowsky, Brenda Spilker, Jim Webber, Ursula Wohlfarth, and Ken Zdunich. Thank
you all. Cathy Klatt and Leighton Wilks were very helpful with manuscript preparation.
Richard Narramore of McGraw-Hill cheerfully coached us throughout: from the idea
of the book, to its sponsoring, through many doubts and questions, and through dozens
of drafts. Thank you, Richard.
Finally, many people encouraged us in the broad sense of providing ideas, support,
and counsel at critical times. These people inspired us with their “you can do it” attitude.
Thus, in addition to those listed above, we express our appreciation to our spouses, Cathy
Klatt and Eilis Hiebert; our sons, Bryan and Jeff Klatt, Paul and Quinn Hiebert; and to the
Milis family, Bernie and MJ Novokowsky, Norm Smallwood, Clem and Mary Blakeslee
Geoff Bellman, the late Bernice Mattinson, David Irvine, and Shaun Murphy.
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