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vi Acknowledgments

Thanks to Gail Ross Literacy Agency which understood the value
and timeliness of getting this message out to the business community
and women particularly. My genuine thanks to Stacey Zoe, Award
Winning Journalist, for her tremendous help and support in editing
several publications and her great support in editing my book pro-
posal, all of which led me to a place where I was ready to take on the
book itself. And special thanks to Eileen Gunn, freelance writer and
editor, who supported me in the overall editing of the book and pro-
vided helpful guidance along the way.
Special thanks to Herb Schaffner, my editor at McGraw-Hill,
whom I thoroughly enjoyed working with from the early days of the
book to its completion. Thank you for challenging me to write a final
manuscript that showed up as my own voice and was worthy, useful,
and practical for readers to consume.
Through the years and still today, I have been truly fortunate
to have an extraordinary team of people at SHAMBAUGH who
were dedicated and supportive in building our company and have
kept it thriving over the last sixteen years. Their valuable insights,
frankness, and accomplished depth of knowledge were instrumen-
tal in pulling this book together. I am blessed to have a supportive
team of people who have been vital in helping to continue to grow
and sustain SHAMBAUGH’s Women in Leadership and Learning
(WILL) mission. Their dedication, expertise, and contributions, all
at a level of high quality and exemplary standards, have allowed
SHAMBAUGH to have the impact it has had for so many wonder-
ful women whom we have had the opportunity to support in fur-
thering their leadership. Special thanks to Lynette Demarest for her
wealth of ideas and meticulous review of each chapter and to Mary
Alice Callahan who provided ideas and inspiration when I needed
a fresh approach or perspective. A special thanks to Peg Clarkson,
Jenny Stisher, Maureen Early, and Elizabeth Blevins for their
insights, feedback, and wisdom that were so needed in this book.