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Kevin Gaskell is widely considered to be one of the outstanding leaders of his generation. The youngest ever Managing Director of Porsche, Lamborghini and BMW, he led all three companies to record growth and performance. He then walked away to follow his own passion and learn the hard way what it takes to found and build a great company from just a good idea.

He has enjoyed 25 years of success as a business leader, founding startups, driving turnarounds and leading major brands in sectors from technology to gardening. The teams he has led have created over £3 billion in shareholder value.

In this book, he shares his experiences of repeatedly inspiring teams to achieve extraordinary performance in businesses ranging from 7 to 7,000 employees. Using practical examples from his own companies he shows how the real difference between good and great performance is made by the people whom he calls inspired leaders.

Inspired leaders are catalysers for positive change. They bring an infectious energy, high expectation, excitement and an intense motivation. This book shares the methods, tools and practical techniques used by inspired leaders and invites the reader to become such a leader able to build teams, build businesses and achieve extraordinary results in the real world.

Kevin is a serial entrepreneur and investor. His portfolio of companies has received awards including: best private equity investment performance of the year, strategic ecommerce business of the year, world's seventh most innovative company and Insight Innovation winner Europe.

He is active as a turnaround expert and strategist and is a frequent international conference speaker on the topics of inspired leadership, the future customer and the impact of digital technology.

He can be contacted at www.kevingaskell.com or through his company ‘The Inspired Leaders Group’ at www.theinspiredleaders.com.