Bill Aronson is a business coach with global coaching firm Shirlaws (www.Shirlaws.com.au). He lives with his wife and daughter in Tasmania, Australia, one of the most beautiful places on earth. His job is to help businesses gain clarity. He helps them increase revenue, get more time, and reduce stress.
Bill has been coaching, mentoring, training, and teaching for more than 35 years. Using modern technology, he works remotely with clients around the world.
Bill is recognized as a global expert on ProVision? and has written a number of technical books for users that have been published by www.Lulu.com.
Bill is the founder of www.EnterpriseDesigner.com, whose mission is to show organizations how to design their businesses to make better decisions now.
Bill is also the author of www.TurningUpForLife.com, his contribution to making the planet a little bit of a better place to live.
A number of people have contributed to the success of this book. First, I wish to thank all of the people who generously shared their wit and wisdom. Some cannot be named for reasons of confidentiality. Those who can, include Jeremy Scrivens of www.TheEmotionalEconomy.com, Gordon Lescinsky of www.Ioctane.com, and Ray Brown of www.ClienteerHub.com.
Next, I have been fortunate to have had a whole editorial team supporting me this time. My thanks to Stephanie Moss, Leena Purkait, Alina Lewis, and the unsung heroes at Packt Publishing. My thanks also to Tom Foster and Ted Lefkovitz, who took on the noble and thankless task of proofreading, and suggested many ideas for improvement.
I wish to acknowledge Darren Shirlaw for creating one of the best strategic thinking frameworks available, and for making an important contribution to the discipline of coaching.
As always thanks to Bob Farrell, Ken Goerg, Neil Hudspeth, Mike Cawsey, and all the people at Open Text Metastorm.
My special thanks to my wife Catherine and daughter Zoe, whom I love dearly. It's not easy living with a writer.
Finally, to you dear reader. I do hope you find this book valuable. If you do, then please contact me at <baronson@shirlaws.com.au> and start a conversation.