>Ernest Gundling
Leading Across New Borders
PRAISE FOR LEADING ACROSS NEW BORDERS: HOW TO SUCCEED AS THE CENTER SHIFTS
“Understanding context and building self-awareness are two of the cornerstones of successful leadership in our inter-connected world, where executives increasingly have to work outside their home cultures. Leading Across New Borders provides compelling anecdotes, frameworks, and practical tools for better understanding context and building self-awareness for the global leaders of tomorrow.”
“Leapfrogging technology, innovation, and boundary blurring are dramatically changing leadership. Workers must collaborate and compete across continents to be relevant. Leading Across New Borders positions you to succeed in a world where the former infrastructure requirements dissolve and in their place is a mandate to leverage multiple centers of influence from deep inside individuals with varied experiences.”
“This book helps you to reflect on situations you face every day. Not just concepts but practical insights!”
“This reading gave me a renewed appreciation for the impact of global forces shifting between fast- and slow-growing economies on leadership values. It is a great reminder of how nuanced global leaders must be to succeed, leveraging cross-cultural astuteness and critical thinking at the same time. Out with binary thinking and on with ever-evolving algorithms!”
“Leading Across New Borders goes well beyond identifying global leadership competencies to help practitioners and scholars understand what global leaders actually do. The fascinating stories about global leaders in action, drawn from the authors’ extensive consulting work, are complemented with useful research findings. This is a must-read book for global leaders, full of insights and practical tips.”
“If you are weary of endless empty references to the global village and wish someone would provide useful, practical insights, you will find that this powerful guide to our future fills that gap. Based on a thorough analysis of world commerce and culture, the seasoned authors and consultants provide us with a fresh view on leadership in times of global transition. They bring an incisive focus to the specific tasks that capable leaders must master to thrive among the rapidly emerging economies and to lead their organizations to cross-border success.”
“This book presents a fascinating and invaluable integration of rapidly changing global business trends and the evolving leadership competencies needed to make sense of them. Leading Across New Borders provides a culturally competent look at new world effectiveness.”
“This book articulates what the shifting global economy means for each of us and how we can respond, whether you’re part of the private sector or non-profit. I would encourage this to be required reading for those operating in any global environment.”
“Leading Across Borders articulates the critical vectors of the ‘new normal’ in leading and operating globally. Excellent input for awareness and action beyond conventional thinking.”
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DEDICATION
With love to my wonderful wife Kacey for her encouragement and inspiration, and to my warmhearted and good-humored family, especially Anne, Chris, Katherine, Theo, Gabe, and Emma!
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