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“With relentless clarity and profound wisdom, Barrett lays out the most comprehensive leadership development process that has ever been developed. The New Leadership Paradigm is a book/learning system of monumental importance for our collective future."

— Niran Jiang, Co-founder and Director, Institute for Human Excellence, Australia

“The seminal and revolutionary insights of The New Leadership Paradigm capture the essence of the kind of leadership the world needs today. This book is packed with wisdom and clarity on what vision-led, values-driven leadership is about.”

— Shirley Zinn, Group Executive Human Resources, Nedbank, South Africa

“If you think the leadership we have today is the right leadership, read The New Leadership Paradigm. This book will not only enlighten you, it will change your mind.”

— Tor Eneroth, Culture Manager, Volvo IT Group, Sweden

“The New Leadership Paradigm lays out a roadmap for leadership development based on broad empirical theories of how the world actually works. This timely book is a thought provoking next chapter in Barrett’s evolutionary, and revolutionary, thinking."

— David Gebler, President, Skout Group, LLC, Boston, USA

“As an active and experienced user of Richard Barrett's Cultural Transformation Tools, I commend his ideas and frameworks to anyone who is committed to a values-based approach and to long-term sustainable success."

- John McFarlane, Chief Executive Officer, ANZ Bank, Melbourne, Australia.

“The whole system approach in Building a Values Driven Organization has provided our organization with an extraordinarily powerful practical framework for guiding and driving transformation in every aspect of our organization.”

- Tom Boardman, Chief Executive Nedbank Group, South Africa

“Whatever the current state of your organization, Richard Barrett's Building a Values-Driven Organization is a must read. As someone who has hired Richard as a consultant to work with our business, I can assure you this is a practical, 'how to' guidebook. You will be amazed at the response from your organization and the resulting manifold benefits for your employees, your customers and the results of your firm.”

- Grant Kvalheim, Co-President, Barclays Capital, New York

“Richard has that rare gift for pragmatic vision. This vision is fully displayed in Building a Values-Driven Organization. He can translate the future into the present in a matter of minutes, always in a way that is comprehensive and applicable to your situation. I recommend to any leader in any organization that you have Richard show you the way to meet the future, today.”

- John J. Smith, President/CEO, HearthStone Homes, Inc.

"The bold, practical blueprint we need for moving business to the next evolutionary level.  Sweeping, brilliant, a sense of the grandeur of the new paradigm of business"

- Martin Rutte, President Livelihood, co-author Chicken Soup for the Soul at Work

"Liberating the Corporate Soul is a must read for leaders who want to shape a government built on values, innovation, and greater efficiency."

-Jody Zall Kusek, Director of Strategic Planning and Performance Management, U.S. Department of the Interior

"Liberating the Corporate Soul achieves the impossible: it integrates the intangibles of ethics, vision, and consciousness into a tangible measurement system."

-Marcello Palazzi, Bsc, Msc, MBA, Co-Founder and Chair, Progressio Foundation, The Netherlands

"Liberating the Corporate Soul provides a paradigm shifting look at how business leaders can harness the creative potential of their staff and their organizations.  The author concisely develops and explains several tools that will enable managers to create an organizational foundation that will foster alignment, accountability, and strategic focus."

-Tad McKeon, MBA, CPA, CQM, 1997 Senior Examiner, Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, co-author, Transforming Home Care: Quality, Cost and Data Management

"This book has captured the true challenge of business today: nurturing values-based organizations to which employees and other stakeholders commit.  It is also an excellent guide to achieving this goal which is proving to be the most important success factor of our times."

- Margaret Barchan, CEO and President, CELEMI, Sweden

"This book breaks new ground in helping business leaders take responsibility for the whole.  It encourages us to build a better world through business."

-George E. McCown, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, McCown, De Leeuw & Co., Chairman, World Business Academy

"If you want to instill in your company a climate of trust, harmony, creativity, and vision...If you accept to be honest about your own values and ethics...Jump on this book...It is one of the best I know, linking a new vision with concrete and effective tools helping you to revitalize and reechant your enterprise."

-Marc Luyckx, Forward Studies Unit, European Commision, Brussels