Appendix 2: Inspirational bits

Inspiration comes in many forms, and different things affect different people. It’s not important what inspires you, just that you let it.

What follows are some thoughts for you to access:

  • short quotes from the inspirational managers in the book about the things that have inspired them
  • some contacts that might be of value as you progress in your journey to inspirational manager
  • a few books that might be useful further reading for you.

Inspirational pieces

I asked some of the managers involved in the book to tell us what has influenced their approach to people:

Nic Larkin, Data Connection

I find those TV programmes where Gordon Ramsey goes in and tries to rescue failing restaurants interesting from a people management ...

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