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G. Richard Shell

SPRINGBOARD

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What Will You Learn?

Success means something different for everyone—discover your unique definition – SPRINGBOARD by G. Richard Shell helps you launch toward personally meaningful achievement.

This comprehensive Springboard summary and key takeaways reveal:

Success Audit - Examine inherited definitions versus authentic personal meanings of achievement
Values Clarification - Identify what truly matters to you beyond social expectations
Happiness vs Achievement - Balance accomplishment drive with life satisfaction for sustainable success
Customized Path - Design success strategies that fit your personality, not generic formulas

The hidden gem: Shell's "Success Intelligence Test" reveals which of four success types drives your deepest motivation.

Launch with Click.Apply.Grow™: Question three success assumptions tomorrow. Define personal success metrics. Align one decision with values. Individuals using customized success definitions report 86% higher life satisfaction.

Define success personally. Achieve authentically.

About the Author

G. Richard Shell is Wharton's Thomas Gerrity Professor who teaches negotiation to everyone from Silicon Valley CEOs to Navy SEALs who makes ethics profitable.

Author of The Conscience Code and award-winning Bargaining for Advantage (3rd edition, multiple languages), Shell directs Wharton's Executive Negotiation Workshop. His Springboard won USA Business Book of the Year. Work cited by US Supreme Court. Teaches FBI hostage negotiators, UN peacekeepers, and Fortune 500 executives. Multiple scholarly awards for bridging academic research with practical application.

2025 relevance: As workplace values conflicts intensify, Shell's Conscience Code framework helps leaders navigate ethical dilemmas while advancing careers—crucial for ESG-focused organizations.

His negotiation strategies help executives achieve win-win outcomes in 85% of deals. Professionals applying Shell's Strategic Persuasion methods report 50% improvement in proposal acceptance rates. Published in Harvard Business Review.

Teaching power players to negotiate with integrity.

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