“This book is the Holy Grail on how to properly run a successful business. It should be taught in every business school around the world. Casselman and Daughtry provide enlightenment and solutions to problems which haunt well over half of the business in the United States. Anyone serious about being a top notch leader must read this book and feel its power.”

“Whatever success I have had in Banking, I attribute to Casselman and Daughtry. Passing the Baton is a profound learning experience and if practiced can improve earnings, create excitement, reduce turnover, and provide a template for your companies future success. This is not an academic or theoretical book but a practical one that should be like a security blanket for all leaders.”

“For fifteen years as a CEO, I utilized many of the principles of Passing the Baton. One company was close to failure and within five years our return on equity was 20%. The other company was thirty years behind the times and needed an entire make-over. After ten years, we were five times the size we were prior to implementing many of the ideas presented in this book.”

“This book has magic within its cover. If you want to be a dynamic and powerful leader, I recommend reading this book. It has more “real life value” than you can get in any grad school in the country. If you want to excel and be a high performing leader of any company, read it tonight. This book excites me for its tremendous value to any company wanting to be the best they can be. For those willing to learn and practice the key principles in this book, you have just risen above most of your competition.”

“The transition from individual contributor to manager is very challenging. When technical experts become managers, they need ideas and tools to succeed in their new roles of communicating strategy and developing people to carry it out. The ideas and tools in this book provide an excellent introduction to these critical aspects of the managerial role.”

“This book is a must read if you are using Six Sigma to drive continuous improvement through your organization. It is a” how to” guide for effectively communicating to all levels of management the changes you want to drive through your business.”

“This is a unique book in both its purpose and style.  Casselman and Daughtry set out to teach leaders, at all levels, how to actually establish and execute strategy.  Given that only a small percentage of well formulated strategies are actually implemented, this practical how to guide becomes a must have for anyone with leadership responsibility”

“Having seen a ‘before and after’ of an organization that embraced the importance of developing, communicating and executing strategy, I invite readers to run this race.  Run at your own pace, but run.  Patiently grow yourself and your organization using the skills described in this book.  It will positively impact your customers, teammates, your profits and you.”

“I really enjoyed reading this book. It has an easy flow and I love how it ties together everything that Daughtry and Casselman teach in their consulting and in their workshops at CCG, Inc. The language is easy to understand and the graphics were very helpful. This book is a very practical guide for management at every level. I wish I had this thirty years ago!”

"Executives should pass this book along to all managers in their company, when they pass along their strategies.  If they do, they will be providing a practical guide to align the hearts and minds of their people around the organization’s purpose and strategy, in a way that will be reflected in bottom line performance."

"Executives should pass this book along to all managers in their company, when they pass along their strategies.  If they do, they will be providing a practical guide to align the hearts and minds of their people around the organization’s purpose and strategy, in a way that will be reflected in bottom line performance.“

“A thought-provoking guide to recognition and active engagement with the barriers to execution of strategy.”