I dedicate this book to everyone with whom I have come in contact over the years. I am not me—I am the parts of the input I have received from all of you. As I grow older, I realize that as much as I would like to be the best, the real happiness is in the journey I am taking and the people with whom I come in contact along the way. I have been blessed far more than I deserve with true friendship that all of you have given so freely to me. I am sorry for some of the things I have done and even sorrier for some of the things I haven’t done. My close friends have helped me develop some of my ideas, and my foes have shown me that there are always two sides to every situation and we all live in a complex world where right and wrong differ based upon where we stand and what we see. I have learned that even if I failed today, God gives me another day to do it right, but if I am wrong and God doesn’t give me tomorrow as some time He will not, you should all know that your help, friendship, and love has made my life easier over the hard times and more enjoyable during the good times.
Finally, this book is dedicated to all those business leaders who wish to explore this brave new world of organizational excellence with the help of experienced guides and counselors in order to discover what works and what doesn’t and to apply the lessons learned to their own organizational and business networks.