Jacket Quotes on Pepper's first book, <em>Common Sense Wisdom: Being Your Own Career and Life Coach</em>

Petr Šmída

Petr Šmída
Chairman
Amsterdam Trade Bank

Common Sense Wisdom offers unique and useful insights for self reflection and personal growth along with guidance about how to successfully navigate in today's complex world without sacrificing one’s authenticity.

Jiří Kunert

Jiří Kunert
CEO
UniCredit Bank Czech Republic, a.s.

Pepper’s life experience coupled with his professional experience as a coach offer fantastic and exciting insights to anyone who aspires to leadership excellence.

Jay Geldmacher

Jay Geldmacher
President of Astec Power
Executive V.P., Emerson Network Power

Pepper’s insights & coaching into the ‘Success Factor Algorithms of Winning Business Leaders’ are astonishing.

Ivan Balogh

Ivan Balogh
Corporate Affairs & Human Resources Director
Plzeňský Prazdroj, a.s.

I have very high respect and admiration for Pepper’s ability to connect with people, which he does by listening intently and utilizing his exceptional emotional intelligence.

Petr Sýkora

Petr Sýkora
Private Investor

A great coach helps one to find answers, balance priorities and stay focused. This is precisely what Pepper helped me with. After selling Papirius to Office Depot, I jumped from an entrepreneurial to a corporate world—two very different environments. Pepper helped me understand, navigate and succeed in this transition.

Roman Štupka

Roman Štupka
CEO
Ericsson Czech & Slovak Republics

I met Pepper when I was at the crossroad of my career. His wisdom, empathy, trustworthiness, and professionalism helped me to focus, identify priorities and select the right road. No mystery—just common sense.

Pavel Řehák

Pavel Řehák
Chief Executive Officer
Česká pojišťovna, a.s.

Working with Pepper as a coach makes you rich … be it in terms of perspectives on life and your career, or in terms of understanding who you are and what you can achieve. You are the only one who can make your growth happen but Pepper’s coaching can be a powerful catalyst.

Dominic Brisby

Dominic Brisby
Managing Director
Imperial Tobacco Spain

Pepper de Callier has exceptional understanding of what makes a great leader and of the pitfalls that potentially great leaders can fall into. The depth and breadth of his experience mean that he has unique knowledge to draw on, but rather than turning this into the abstract ideas of the academic, he is focused on achieving rapid and sustainable results in the real world.

Ronald E. Gerevas

Ronald E. Gerevas
former CEO
Heidrick & Struggles, Inc

Read this book. You and your organization will be better off for it. Pepper’s approach is not only intellectually stimulating and inspirational, but it is practical, down to earth, and easily implemented.