by Kevin Kruse
How will you lead today?
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
First, I’d like to thank Lolly Daskal for introducing me to my agent, Giles Anderson.
I’d like thank Giles for his tenacity and wisdom, which eventually led to this book deal.
Thank you to all my LEADx colleagues who are innovating leadership development solutions as we advance in our mission to spark one hundred million leaders around the world.
Thanks to my LEADx Leadership podcast guests for selflessly giving their time and advice: Morra Aarons-Mele, Heide Abelli, Jerry Acuff, Jon Acuff, Radha Agrawal, Aron Ain, Alan Alda, Delisa Alexander, Erika Andersen, Vernice Armour, Cam Awesome, Dick Axelrod, Paul Axtell, Patty Azzarello, John Baldoni, Craig Ballantyne, Justin Bariso, Luke Barnett, Dov Baron, Susan Baroncini-Moe, Thomas Barta, Alicia Bassuk, Mark Batterson, Dr. Stan Beecham, Vic Belonogoff, Beth Beutler, Ken Blanchard, Rene Boer, Kris Boesh, Gary Brackett, Michael Breus, Judson Brewer, Patrick Brigger, Michael Bungay Stanier, David Burkus, Joe Byerly, Evan Carmichael, Carter Cast, Daniel Chard, Subir Chowdhury, Dorie Clark, Gary Cohen, Alisa Cohn, Rachel Cooke, David Covey, Jennifer Cue, Andy Cunningham, Lolly Daskal, Susan David, Dan Diamond, Robin Dreeke, Chris Ducker, Ann Dunwoody, Andre Durand, Dina Dwyer-Owens, David Dye, Chris Edmonds, Ellen Ensher, Bill Erickson, Leland Faust, Jody Foster, Susan Fowler, Erica Ariel Fox, Jason Fried, Jon Gordon, Jeff Haden, Morten T. Hansen, Sally Helgensen, Daisy Hernandez, Cameron Herold, Naphtali Hoff, Bryce Hoffman, Sally Hogshead, Ryan Holiday, Robb Holman, Dave Hopson, Karin Hurt, Khe Hy, Tiffany Jana, Leila Janah, Jathan Janove, Whitney Johnson, John Jonas, Michelle Joy, Shawn Kanungo, Karl Kapp, Amy Kates, Robbie Kellman-Baxter, Carrie Kerpen, Dave Kerpen, Matt Kincaid, Monica Klausner, Corey Kupfer, Lisa Lai, Mary Lamia, Abby Lawson, Andy Levitt, Elizabeth Lindsey, Scott Love, Mark Mader, Paul Marciano, Sara Margulis, David Marquet, Leigh Marz, Patty McCord, Mike McDerment, Daniel McGinn, Annie McKee, Doug McKenna, Bonnie Micheli, Donald Miller, G. Riley Mills, Christie Mims, Kathryn Minshew, Andy Molinsky, Angie Morgan, Amy Morin, Eric Mosley, Dave Munson, Tanveer Naseer, Dan Negroni, Tara-Nicholle Nelson, Rachael O’Meara, Barbara Oakley, Betty Palm, John Parker, Ben Parr, Andy Paul, Marilyn Paul, Rajeev Peshawaria, Joel Peterson, Dan Pink, Dan Pontefract, Christine Porath, Michael Port, Rhett Power, Skip Prichard, Jonathan Raymond, Nate Regier, Tom Reilly, James Robbins, Dan Rockwell, Tracy Roemer, John Rossman, Shelley Row, Chuck Runyon, Christina Russell, Jan Rutherford, MJ Ryan, Wendy Sachs, Jeff Sanders, Tim Sanders, Dave Sanderson, Greg Satell, Carl Schramm, Kim Scott, Patricia Scott, Steve Scott, Tina Seelig, Jason Selk, Jeremy Slate, Emily Smith, Hyrum Smith, Paul Smith, Andrew Sobel, Michael Sonnenfeldt, Sharon Spano, Joshua Spodek, Mike Steib, Gretchen Steidle, Sully Sullenberger, Jay Sullivan, Shelly Sun, Justin Talbot-Zorn, Connie Tang, Karissa Thacker, Maura Thomas, Mike Tippets, Bruce Tulgan, Dave Ulrich, Rory Vaden, Mike Vardy, Sarah Vermunt, Chris Voss, Cy Wakeman, Ron Warren, Peter Waszkiewicz, Michael Watkins, Jim Whitehurst, Scott Wintrip, Christopher Wirth, Liz Wiseman, Monica Worline, Gabriel Wyner, Denise Lee Yohn, Jill Young, and Kay Zanotti.
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