The Backstory: How One New Author Got His Book Published, by McGraw-Hill.

Ed. Note (GL Hoffman): Gary Cohen is a friend of mine here in Minnesota. He is a proven entrepreneur, one of the companies he started went from two employees to over 2,000. Seriously. He is a thoughtful, interesting guy to say the least. As he was developing his business, he discovered how important being a leader was instead of just being a manager. That started him off on a lifetime of learning about leadership. His study of leadership took him on an interesting nearly three year journey that culminated with the publication of his new book JUST ASK LEADERSHIP.

I am not a book reviewer. But I did find the story of how a business leader developed even more leadership skills himself to be fascinating. But not nearly as fascinating as the story of how a guy with a learning disability applied his entrepreneural skills to publishing a book. I don’t think many business writers approach their writings with such determination. I hope you like this Q and A format. Warning: it is long. You should buy the book.

Here is the interview with Gary Cohen, author of JUST ASK LEADERSHIP.

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