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—Marshall Goldsmith, bestselling author, MOJO and What Got You Here Won't Get You There
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—Patrick Lencioni, president, The Table Group; bestselling author, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team and The Advantage
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—Bill George, author, True North; former chairman and CEO, Medtronic, Inc.
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—Ken Blanchard, coauthor, The One Minute Manager® and Great Leaders Grow
"I read The Leadership Challenge as a new manager building Oracle University and was deeply affected by it. It shaped me as a leader and influenced my career. Reading the fifth edition twenty years later, I am struck by how its wisdom stands the test of time while also providing fresh, relevant insights for leading at your best and mobilizing others to achieve the extraordinary."
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—John C. Maxwell, leadership expert; bestselling author, The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership
"Leaders get people moving. They energize and mobilize. They take people and organizations to places they have never been before. Leadership is not a fad, and the leadership challenge never goes away."—from the Introduction
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