Praise for Inspire!
Inspire! What Great Leaders Do is a very important book. The
ideas it contains have changed our lives and our organizations and
the lives of tens of thousands of our employees. It has touched the
lives of millions of people whom we serve every day. And it could
change your lifeand your organization too . . .
Excerpt from the foreword of Inspire! written by 15 CEOs and
senior leaders
"Lance Secretans message is a great testament to the need for a
renewed type of leadershipone that serves with courage,
authenticity, service, truth-telling, and love. Our businesses,
governments, communities, and the world need this critical mass of
inspiration now more than ever before."
Bill George
former Chair and CEO of Medtronic, author, Authentic Leadership
"Lance Secretan first inspired me in 1996 when I read his book,
Reclaiming Higher Ground. I had taken over the Canadian operation
of The Home Depot and faced many difficult challenges. His words
influenced me. This new book, Inspire!, What Great Leaders Do, is a
road map for leaders who want to inspire people in their
organizations. Lance has an ability to read the needs of our
society. Post Enron and 9/11, leaders need to find better ways of
responding to the changing needs of the human spirit. Lance has
found that way."
Annette Verschuren
Division President, Expo Design Center (a Home Depot Company), and
Home Depot Canada
"This is a tour de force, a must-read for everyone who leads
othersLances groundbreaking work is inspiring people, changing
their lives, creating jobs, building organizations, and changing
the world!"
Marianne Williamson
author, Everyday Grace
"Leaders know that they have to be on higher ground and guide
others there. Thats the easy part. Knowing what the high ground
isthats the hard part. Secretans Inspire! guides us through the
hard part."
Gerald Schwartz
Founder and CEO, Onex Corporation
"Lance Secretan has touched our leaders with his message of
values, spirit, and soul in the workplace, inspiring us to greater
levels of achievement. His principles have universal application
that can guide any organization to be a workplace that honors the
individuals within and those they serve."
Pam Bilbrey
Senior Vice President, Corporate Development, Baptist Health Care,
Pensacola, Florida
"Inspire! takes on the biggest question facing corporations,
nonprofit organizations, and even nations today: how do we overcome
fear and tension and replace it with confidence in the potential of
the human spirit? Most importantly, Secretan offers a road map for
leaders, showing them a way to build confident and inspiring
organizations that succeed. What a treasure!"
Tim Shriver
Chairman, Special Olympics
"I started reading Inspire! and found myself so absorbed that I
could not put it downso much profound thought. Lance introduces a
refreshing approach to corporate culture that will not only inspire
greatness in organizations but will also help us be more
responsible stewards of this planet."
Don Ziraldo
CEO, Inniskillin Wines