1.5 Acknowledgements

The authors are grateful to a number of colleagues, friends and loved ones who have so graciously given of their time, energy and heart to help with this book. As individuals, Simon would like to extend his gratitude to Professor Alan Auerbach who co authored a Canadian OB textbook back in 1996. Alan had retired from academic life, but some of the materials coauthored with Simon Dolan in the past has been updated and reused in this book. Simon would also like to express his gratitude to his loving wife Adela Maldonado (to whom this book is dedicated) who is his life support and source of inspiration throughout the project. He would also like to extend a special thank you to Bonnie Richley who co-authored the best selling book "Managing by Values" with him (Palgrave Macmillan (2006). Bonnie took time off from her own work to provide useful comments and also agreed to include some of the case studies and papers that she co-authored with Tony Lingham for this book.

Tony would first and foremost like to thank Simon for offering him the possibility to co-author this book with him. He would also like to extend his eternal gratitude to the love of his life, Bonnie Richley, (to whom this book is dedicated) who have chosen not only to walk through life with him but also gave of her time to walk through each of the chapters with him to help with the incorporation of ideas and clarity of thought in the writing of each chapter. Tony would also like to thank his colleagues at the Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University including David A. Kolb who has been a great advisor, teacher, mentor and friend and who exposed him to Experiential and Conversational Learning theories; Richard E. Boyatzis, who has also been a great mentor and friend and exposed him to competencies and coaching in leadership and managerial development; Ronald E. Fry and David Cooperrider who supported the publication of this book; his other colleagues at ESADE Business School including Ricard Serlavos, Ceferi Soler, and the hard work of both the administrators Maria Jesus Binefa and Josephina Morente at ESADE. Finally, he would also like to thank his colleague Davar Rezania from Grant MacEwan College who also supported the writing of this book.

Simon L. Dolan

Tony Lingham