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This book is the product of decades of innovation, application, and reflection among a group of thoughtful, caring, and generous leaders. You know who you are. Please accept my gratitude for enabling me to capture our shared insights. My hope for this book is that you will be able to point to multiple places in it and say “I shaped that, and I know it is true and pragmatic.”

To our clients—Alex, Amy, Andy, Bob, David, Gary, Joby, Josh, Julie, Kristen, Laura, Mary Ann, Mark, Marty, Michael, Nigel, Paul, Penny, Randy, Rich, Stacy, and Steve—thank you for giving me and my team the opportunity to create value with you and for you.

To my business partners—Robert, Everett, Deece, Bob, and Sri (in the United States), and Eb and Steffen (in Germany)—thank you for teaching me so much on our shared journey to unleash value in ourselves and others.

To my incredibly talented writing partners—Carter Phipps, Ellen Daly, and Joel Pitney—thank you for investing yourselves in translating the powerful ideas in this book into conversational language that is a pleasure to read.

To those of you who have contributed to the long and winding evolution of our company, Growth River—Marsha, Ted, Tom, Tim, Cristo, Sylvia, Steve, and Dan—thank you for the time together.

To those of you who contributed to my personal and professional learning journey—Ben, Mike, David, Bob, Sam, Howard, Klaus, Thom, Robin, and Jazmine—thank you for your support and coaching.

To Growth River associates—Andrea, Aya, Emma, Fran, Jeannine, Jenn, Louise, Nina, and Samta—thank you for helping us build a great team.

To animal friends—Adele, Blue, Brandy, Cinnamon, Gaspar, Katie, Lisa, Lyla, Muffin, Trinity, and Uxmal.

To my daughters, parents, siblings, and extended family—Emma, Isabelle, and Sophie; Dabby, Dudley; Andy, Jenny, and Tim; Abe, Amy, Avery, Barbara, Bo, Benjamin, Cassie, Chaz, Chris, Genevieve, Hannah, Harry, Herb, Hildegard, Holly, Janet, Joby, John, Karl, Katrina, Lily, Lorraine, Lynn, Maisie, Mattie, Mary, Matty, Meg, Mimi, Phoebe, Reilly, Sam, Wade, and Zack—thank you for your steady love. I hope this book fuels your dreams and possibilities.