Strategic Learning Alignment: Make Training a Powerful Business Partner

Acknowledgments

This book exists because of special, talented people who have touched both my personal and professional life. First and foremost is Robert Preziosi, of Nova Southeastern University, my professional mentor and good friend. Eula Adams, my former boss and executive vice president of First Data Corporation, will always stand out as a brilliant leader who believed in learning and in the people he led. John J. Collins, my very first boss during high school, believed in my future and has encouraged me throughout my life.

Writing this book took perseverance, project planning, and the confidence to know it could be accomplished. For this, I thank Marcia Maytner, my fifth grade teacher. In her class, I completed a year-long research project ...