ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

First and foremost, I would like to thank my coauthor, Paul

Friga. This book discusses the virtues of teamwork at length,

and I can think of no better example of successful teamwork than

our collaboration. This book is much stronger for it. He has

pushed my thinking in new and productive directions; I trust he

can say the same of me. —Ethan M. Rasiel

_ _ _

Without question, the first acknowledgment goes to my coauthor,

Ethan Rasiel. First, he graciously brought me into the process

after already achieving great success with his solo effort on his first

book, The McKinsey Way. Second, he offered incredible insight,

enthusiasm, and direction. And third, he taught me lessons in persistence,

storytelling, and unselfishness. —Paul N. Friga

_ _ _

The authors owe thanks to many without whom this book

would not be in your hands. First, their agent, Daniel Greenberg at

James Levine Communications, Inc.; their editor, Mary Glenn;

Katherine Hinkebein; and the entire team at McGraw-Hill who

made this book a reality. Joe Burton, Simon Carne, Jerry Friga, Ed Copyright 2002 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Click Here for Terms of Use.

Pringle, and Paul Sansone made insightful suggestions in the early

stages of this manuscript. Our research assistants, Lindsay Cage,

Rebecca Jones, and especially Karen Jansen, rendered invaluable

support administering questionnaires, researching ideas, and organizing

material. David Ernsthausen at the Kenan-Flagler School

of Business at the University of North Carolina provided expert

assistance with the knowledge management section of this book,

and Peggy Pickard, also of UNC, ensured that we had the facilities

we needed for our frequent conferences and brainstorming

sessions.

Most of all, we are grateful to all those McKinsey alumni who

gave us interviews or answered our questionnaires: Jim Bennett,

Omowale Crenshaw, Dean Dorman, Naras Eechambadi, Bob

Garda, Evan Grossman, Eric Hartz, Paul Kenny, Stevie McNeal,

Sylvia Mathews, Bill Ross, Larry Rouvelas, Jeff Sakaguchi, Dan

Veto, Steve Anderson, Alan Barasky, Martha Blue, Roger Boisvert,

Francesca Brockett, Bob Buchsbaum, Ciara Burnham, S. Neil

Crocker, Dominik Falkowski, Brad Farnsworth, Shyam Giridharadas,

Barbara Goose, Francesco Grillo, Reggie Groves, Fred

Kindle, Deborah Knuckey, Heiner Kopperman, Kurt Lieberman,

Lee Newman, Leah Niederstadt, Ron O’Hanley, Rainer Siggelkow,

Chacko Sonny, and Jim Whelan, as well as many others, who, for

reasons of their own, wish to remain anonymous. We could not

have written this book without them.

First and foremost, I would like to thank my coauthor, Paul

Friga. This book discusses the virtues of teamwork at length,

and I can think of no better example of successful teamwork than

our collaboration. This book is much stronger for it. He has

pushed my thinking in new and productive directions; I trust he

can say the same of me. —Ethan M. Rasiel

_ _ _

Without question, the first acknowledgment goes to my coauthor,

Ethan Rasiel. First, he graciously brought me into the process

after already achieving great success with his solo effort on his first

book, The McKinsey Way. Second, he offered incredible insight,

enthusiasm, and direction. And third, he taught me lessons in persistence,

storytelling, and unselfishness. —Paul N. Friga

_ _ _

The authors owe thanks to many without whom this book

would not be in your hands. First, their agent, Daniel Greenberg at

James Levine Communications, Inc.; their editor, Mary Glenn;

Katherine Hinkebein; and the entire team at McGraw-Hill who

made this book a reality. Joe Burton, Simon Carne, Jerry Friga, Ed Copyright 2002 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Click Here for Terms of Use.

Pringle, and Paul Sansone made insightful suggestions in the early

stages of this manuscript. Our research assistants, Lindsay Cage,

Rebecca Jones, and especially Karen Jansen, rendered invaluable

support administering questionnaires, researching ideas, and organizing

material. David Ernsthausen at the Kenan-Flagler School

of Business at the University of North Carolina provided expert

assistance with the knowledge management section of this book,

and Peggy Pickard, also of UNC, ensured that we had the facilities

we needed for our frequent conferences and brainstorming

sessions.

Most of all, we are grateful to all those McKinsey alumni who

gave us interviews or answered our questionnaires: Jim Bennett,

Omowale Crenshaw, Dean Dorman, Naras Eechambadi, Bob

Garda, Evan Grossman, Eric Hartz, Paul Kenny, Stevie McNeal,

Sylvia Mathews, Bill Ross, Larry Rouvelas, Jeff Sakaguchi, Dan

Veto, Steve Anderson, Alan Barasky, Martha Blue, Roger Boisvert,

Francesca Brockett, Bob Buchsbaum, Ciara Burnham, S. Neil

Crocker, Dominik Falkowski, Brad Farnsworth, Shyam Giridharadas,

Barbara Goose, Francesco Grillo, Reggie Groves, Fred

Kindle, Deborah Knuckey, Heiner Kopperman, Kurt Lieberman,

Lee Newman, Leah Niederstadt, Ron O’Hanley, Rainer Siggelkow,

Chacko Sonny, and Jim Whelan, as well as many others, who, for

reasons of their own, wish to remain anonymous. We could not

have written this book without them.