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PREFACE


        when they realize its potential contribution to bottom-line
        realities. When leaders grasp the why of meaning, they then
        seek the how.




                           Our Meaning Makers


        We pay tribute to those who have helped us experience,
        think about, and attempt to understand and deliver mean-
        ing. We have each lost our father in recent months. To them
        we owe great gratitude for the lessons they taught by exam-
        ple and word. Our mothers continue to find meaning and
        enlarge it for others as their abilities allow, and they along
        with our wonderful siblings (Belinda, Carla, and Eric) and
        their families are models of grace, charity, humor, and hope.
        They have built abundant worlds for us, and we hope to
        pass that legacy to our children and theirs. We consider our
        children among our best colleagues, thought stimulators,
        and most abundant abundance enhancers: Carrie Kelley,
        Monika Ulrich, and Mike Ulrich, with his wife, Melanie
        Swenson Ulrich, and our sweet granddaughter, Maren. We
        dedicate this book to her as our tangible symbol of hope for
        our future and the world’s future.
          We have professional colleagues who are close friends
        whose ideas and care support and sustain us. The list
        is long, but we are grateful to insights and input from (in
        alphabetical order) the Alpine 6  Ward, Loretta Allen, Dick
                                       th
        Beatty, Allen Bergin, Ginger Bitter, Karen Blake, Wayne
        and Nancy Brockbank, Kim Cameron, Ralph Christensen,
        Bob Eichinger, Kathleen Flake, Rich Ferre, Jac Fitz-enz,
        Marshall Goldsmith, Lynda Gratton, Michelle Holt, Bill
        Joyce, Steve Kerr, Dave Klimek, Dale and Gerry Lake, Ed


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