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Acknowledgments

Most of all, I owe a debt greater than an acknowledgement to
my partner in this book (and in all things), Julie Wilson. As well
as managing our business, Julie is responsible for motivating,
chastising, and inspiring me, every day. She does an incredible
job and is the only real superhero I’ve met.
I am indebted to Hank Karp and Danilo Sirias, whose founda-
tional and insightful paper “Retaining Generation X” has influ-
enced my thinking for some time now and the structure of which
is used (with their permission) in Chapter 4. You can read more
from Hank and Danilo in their latest book, Bridging the Boomer-
Xer Gap: Creating Authentic Teams for High Performance at
Work (Consulting Psychologists Press, Inc., 2002).
Finally, my thanks also to John Woods and Robert Magnan
at CWL Publishing Enterprises, who are responsible for the orig-
inal idea and for lifting the manuscript to the level of excellence
required for inclusion in this series. For Bob in particular, my
thanks for wrangling the first draft into manageable size.
Of course, any errors of fact or interpretation are entirely my
own.