"Dedication
to a cause greater than oneself can inspire people and organizations
to perform to their highest potential. The D'Artagnan Way illustrates
how simple but powerful time-tested principles such as teamwork
and "doing the right thing" can result in superior performance.
Too often in our modern and rapidly changing world we forget to
emphasize doing the right thing over winning, when doing the right
thing is about winning. Harvey Meier and Larry Bauman have written
a story that will make you ponder how your organization could perform
if your employees all were modern-day Musketeers."
-Jim McMullen
President/CEO
Tillamook Cheese
"The Golden Rules of Management! If all managers
led their teams this way and their company encouraged this behavior,
employee commitment would soar, unwanted turnover would decrease
and the organization would appear on all of the 'best places to
work' lists."
-Jack R. Snader
CEO, Systema Corporation
Specialists in Sales Organization
Performance Improvement
"Successful leaders know how to bring out the
best in people, causing them to fully engage, giving their most
powerful gifts...naturally! The D'Artagnan Way is a fun, creative,
powerful, memorable story that teaches some of the most basic but
most important lessons of leadership. If you are in a leadership
position, this is a must read...once you read this book, you will
want all of your direct reports to read it!"
-Jim Horan
President
The One Page Business Plan Company
"Absolutely Inspiring! Through an engrossing
modern-day fable, Harvey Meier and Larry Bauman offer a framework
in which real-life problems are encountered and overcome through
an intrinsic belief in one's core values. Based on seven vital principles,
they clearly state what anyone who wants to motivate others needs
to know in order to create a cohesive unit and achieve a common
goal. A must read for everyone who runs a business!"
-Richard F. Lazur
Psy.D., Leader in Developing Human Relations
"A great story, a powerful message, and a must
read for anyone in business."
-Jim Meisenheimer
CEO, JM Associates
Creator of No-Brainer Selling Skills
"The D'Artagnan Way is a great parable that focuses
on your most important resource - your people. In a few pages the
story gives you important principles to leverage your company's
personnel assets."
-Grant Lundberg
CEO, Lundberg Family Farms
"The D'Artagnan Way provides a very strong visual
of how people from various cultures, opposite mindsets, and different
interests can work together as a team when everyone agrees with
a common goal or objective."
-Fred Rodgers
Executive Vice President
Pfingsten Publishing LLC
"Meier and Bauman present powerful material that
any organization, executive team, or individual can put to practical
use immediately."
-Robert Lowy
Executive Director of Human Resources
Stevens Health Care
"Meier and Bauman have crafted a modern-day parable
that provides many useful messages for any type of organization
in an industry or university setting. The story makes for an interesting
read, and is chock-full of take-home messages for managers and other
leaders."
-John Foltz
Professor of Agribusiness
Management and Associate Dean
University of Idaho
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