Benton Debra A. - The leadership mind switch: rethinking how we lead in the new world of work

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The Leadership Mind Switch

Ive read scores of books on leadership. Fortunately, you dont have to. Just read The Leadership Mind Switch. This book is a must-read for all leadership practitionersfrom newly promoted supervisors to CEOs. Its chock full of insights and practical tips to improve your and your teams performance.

Robert Eckert, Retired CEO of Mattel and former CEO of Kraft, Businessweeks 2001
Executive of the Year

How we work is going through a great transformation, and needs a new form of leadership. Success is no longer measured by the size of your office, as much as by how well you understand and bring together the disparate resources you need to reach any goal. The Leadership Mind Switch by D. A. Benton and Kylie Wright-Ford is the perfect guide to understanding this new form of leadership. As entertaining to read as it is informative.

Keith Ferrazzi, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Whos Got Your Back and Never Eat Alone

The Leadership Mind Switch was a really insightful book on how to make my leadership future-ready. It takes a 2016-onward look at the challenges a leader will face, and offers some great advice! Different from the usual leadership tomes that get published and is definitely worth the time.

Udai Kunzru, President of Dyson, Asia Pacific

The Leadership Mind Switch offers a powerful roadmap for a new and enlightened generation of business leaders. Its authors, D. A. Benton and Kylie Wright-Ford, are full of insight, foresight, wisdom, and practicality. Together, they map out a set of frameworks and strategies that enable leaders not only to survive, but to thrive in this new industrial era.

Pauline Brown, Senior lecturer at the Harvard Business School and former Chairman of North America at LVMH Inc.

Its high time someone redefined the word leadership in a world thats so radically different than it was just yesterday. The Leadership Mind Switch is required reading for anyone who aspires to lead in this Age of Innovation.

Ken Segall, bestselling author of Think Simple

Benton and Wright-Fords work on leadership surpasses all expectations. They have an uncanny eye for the highly effective habits of great leaders and convincingly make the case that those who are willing to study them carefully, can reach their dreams. Reading their book is a pleasure and a top-notch management education.

Jeff Cunningham, Professor of Global Leadership, Thunderbird School of ASU and former Publisher of Forbes Magazine

The Leadership Mind Switch pushed me to forge my own thoughts on leading across generationsand to act now.

Amy Carney, President, Research and Advertiser Sales at Sony Picture Television

The Leadership Mind Switch is not another book about leadership. It tells the story of how technology combined with cultural and generational demographics are changing the work environment more rapidly than society has ever seen. The fourth revolution is quickly becoming our business reality. The Leadership Mind Switch will help you understand the dynamics of the changes and how to evolve as a leader.

Clare Hart, CEO of Sterling Talent Solutions

The Leadership Mind Switch is the most comprehensive manual I have seen in preparing the leaders of yesterday to be the leaders of tomorrow. Truly a MUST-READ for any executive in any industry!

Rulon F. Stacey, PhD, FACHE, Chair, Board of Overseers at Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award and Managing Director of Navigant Consulting

This is simply an outstanding book on leadership! It is conceptually deep, yet is highly pragmatic in its approach. This book is going to be a steady North Star for leaders as they navigate the fast changing landscape of virtually everything they need to manage and manage through.

Raja Rajamannar, Global Chief Marketing & Communications Officer and President of Healthcare Division at Mastercard

The Leadership Mind Switch provides the tools and insights for aspiring leaders.

Kazu Gomi, CEO and President at NTT America, Inc.

This book is a perfect toolbox for both aspiring and existing leaders. Debra Benton and Kylie Wright-Ford suggest a fact and real-life experience-based, concrete, practical approach to revisiting ones skill setbased on facts and real-life experiences. They gradually bring the reader into a new and more complex leadership environment while taking away any anxiety and replacing it with the idea that all these new issues are in reality opportunities for a more effective and rewarding leadership style.

Andrea Ragnetti, member of Board at TEKA GROUP and Former CEO of Alitalia

Whats keeping you from reading The Leadership Mind Switch right now? We all know leadership is at the heart of great movements in science, business, technology, and politics. The thoughtful and provocative ideas raised in this book will switch you on.

Scott Goodson, CEO of StrawberryFrog and bestselling author of Uprising

Last years technological frontier already looks small in the rearview mirror, and demographics are rapidly changing as well. Both bring fantastic opportunities and daunting challenges. Benton and Wright-Ford show us how to realize the first and overcome the second with the kind of wisdom that cant be found using search engines.

Dino Falaschetti, PhD, MBA, Chief Economist of U.S. House Committee on Financial Services

The Leadership Mind Switch offers leaders a fresh and practical approach to navigating the evolving complexities of the fourth industrial revolution. After reading the experienced perspective and wisdom of Benton and Wright-Ford, rising and seasoned leaders will be able to go to work with the critical skills they need to be ready for the future.

Rick Ambrose, Executive Vice President at Lockheed Martin Corporation and President of Space Systems Company

As the CEO of a disruptive industrial 3D printing company, I couldnt agree more that technology and demographics have changed everything for usand our leadership needs to catch up! A must-read for both aspirational and practical guidelines to the new world of work.

Rick Smith, CEO of Fast Radius and founder and former CEO of World50 and of G100 Next Leadership

The world is changing fast, but many of our leadership models are stuck in the past. Based on years of experience, Debra and Kylie have written a book that addresses the leadership needs challenges of today and tomorrow. It not only recognizes the warp speed changes in technology but also very deep emotional needs that people still have.

Daryl Brewster, CEO of Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy (CECP)

I could feel the energy literally jumping off the pages of The Leadership Mind Switch. This book clearly presents the future landscape of how people and technology will intersect with opportunities. Benton and Wright-Ford show us how to navigate successfully through this challenging new crossroads of people, work, technology, and leadership.

Paul Schlossberg, President of DFW Consulting

In a recent address to a group of employees, I said, Our customer of the future is someone like my 21-year-old daughter. They think, work, and communicate in a whole different realm, and we need to adapt our service to their needs in a differentiated way. Debra and Kylies book strikes at the heart of this exact issue. Everyone on my leadership team will receive a copy to read.