Mastering the Challenges of Leading Change

Acknowledgments

First, I'd like to acknowledge and thank my family, who have always believed in me: my wife Celest; daughters Cherie, Angela, and Natalie; mother Edna; father-in-law Carl Gibson II; mother-in-law Beverly; and siblings Deborah, Joe, Theresa, and Waymond. You all are my most important supporters.

Thank you to all those who have inspired, mentored, and sponsored me: my grandmother Momma Jessie, Gabe Lance, Al Jackson, Jim Bostic, Pete Correll, Lee Thomas, Pat Barnard, Earl Bakken, Bill Hawkins, Art Collins, Omar Ishrak, Gary Ellis, Janet Fiola, Carl Wilson, Mike Blackwell, Dave Peterson, Darrel Untereker, Mr. Prather, Coach Prichett, Coach Wall, and the Brimstone Consulting Group. Thanks also to the individuals whom I have mentored who are too numerous to name, but from whom I've learned more than they ever learned from me. Remember, never limit yourself.

Thank you to my best friends in the world: Gabe and Tina Lance, Alicia and Henry Reed, John and Carol Thompson, Bob and Jeanette Pfotenhauer, Jim and Edie Bostic, Selwyn and Janice Vickers, Greg and Debra Morrison, Bill and Susan Hawkins, Barb and Jim Szczech, Brian and Jeanette Ellis, Carlton and Shayla Weatherby, Gene and Elaine Norman, Jacob and Joyce Gayle, and Bob and Barbara Bostick.

Finally, thank you to all the people who contributed to this book, either by pushing me to write it or by helping me along the way: Jennifer Milch, Yvonne Bryant-Johnson, Vanessa McCants, Claire Derricho, Becky Blalock, Cindy Kent, ...