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W riting a book is always a team effort. We want to thank the many people who helped us develop the methodology and supported us during the development and writing process. We apologize if we missed anyone.

There were many people who helped us develop the Affirmative Leadership methodology presented in this book. In many instances, they helped us by forcing us to examine new ideas and processes, which was often uncomfortable, but always valuable. Their tremendous support, both emotionally and financially, during the many years of development is greatly appreciated. Our thanks go to Aleemna Wray, Bryon Bailey, Dale Lockwood, David Hooten, Derek Glos, Doug Crane, Heather Ziegler, Jeff Adams, Jaime Hegeman, Jason Choy, Jocelyn Burgess, John Bernard, Jon Revelos, Joseph Friedman, Karen Ness, Kathryn Tecosky, Leah Alibozek, Mike McCauley, Nathan Johnson, Peter Galen, Prashant Bhat, Regina Williams, Shelley Todd, Steve Benson, and Tammy Nakao.

Getting a book written and published requires lots of teamwork and contributions too. Our thanks go to Christina Parisi, our editor at AMACOM books, and the entire AMACOM team for seeing the potential in our work and guiding us through the publication process. Special thanks to Mike Snell, our agent, for seeing the potential in our ideas long before they became a book and to Libby Koponen, our development editor. Libby was fanatical about making sure the book was well written, which helped us write a much better book.

Thanks to the Cerebyte team who kept the business going while we were writing the book. Larry Rebich and Ryan McCauley made sure that our persuasive technology was the best in the market and always ran smoothly. Eileen Galen, Amy Dunn, and Ryan Dunn are our marketing arm, and they are doing great publicity to make the book visible to all of its many potential readers. Tim Kerrigan is responsible for our business development. He kept leads flowing even though we were often too focused on the book to provide much sales support.

Finally, thanks to our families. Our kids and their spouses were just great in supporting our efforts. Andrew, David, Hannah, James, Jill, Julia, Kristen, Lia, Mark, Rory, and Scott are all tremendous. We are so proud of them and thankful for their support. Our wivesDebbie and Elizabethare amazing. They supported us through the emotional hills and valleys of writing a book and tolerated the many hours the book required. We love them dearly.

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