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MANAGING AT THE LEADING EDGE

Dr. Roses new book, Managing at the Leading Edge, is an astute blueprint for any business leader keenly focused on transformational strategic leadership. The book is exceptionally well researched and insightfully instructive. From the beginning chapter, Navigating, to the concluding chapter, Perseverance, the chronology of the book was perfectly structured. In a business world that is increasingly complex and globally connected, the ability for leaders to operate with a heightened sense of strategic focus is essential. Dr. Roses cogent analysis of strategic leadership is profoundly captured in this book.

Sean N. Woodroffe, Senior Vice President and Chief People Officer, National Life Group

Tom presents a thoughtful and well organized primer on how business leaders can successfully drive innovation and manage disruptive change. The challenges he discusses will be familiar to anyone in business, and the solutions he describes will be welcome insights to all of us who are seeking to improve our leadership.

Ken McCullum, Vice President and Chief Actuary, Corporate Actuarial, The Principal Financial Group

Todays business environment is one of constant change and headwinds within an increasingly competitive landscape. Tom Rose provides the map that modern leaders need to navigate successful outcomes for their organizations. Toms book provides sage advice for new and experienced executives alike. His book is a timely reminder of the importance of ensuring that we strike the right balance between strategic thinking and the ability of senior leaders to effectively execute the desired strategy in a way that engages and empowers their teams. Tom has developed a leadership model for our times.

Joanne Taylor, Executive General Manager Human Resources, Caltex Australia Petroleum PTY Ltd.

Tom Roses book quite rightly highlights how leadership performance can be fully optimized, specifically exploring how leaders should navigate and pilot their organization toward a culture of employee engagement, customer service orientation, and higher profitability. Not only does Tom guide the reader on what specific steps to take toward superior leadership, he offers specific and very actionable best practices in that regard. Managing At The Leading Edge is a really great read for both leadership and employees.

Kevin Sheridan, internationally-recognized keynote speaker, New York Times bestselling author, and an authoritative voice on the topic of employee engagement

Toms new book describes leadership in nautical terms, as navigating, piloting, and managing the leading edge of the sail. The analogy fits. It parallels the highly dynamic environment where businesses compete today. And its anchored in solid research and years of experience. Most importantly, it yields a wealth of tools, templates, and resources that readers can put to immediate use. This book is a keeper.

David Maxfield, coauthor of three immediate New York Times bestsellers, Crucial Accountability, Influencer, and Change Anything

Successful leaders drive business change by creating focus and driving agile responses to the challenges encountered in implementing strategic change. Todays highly rapidly evolving business contextboth within and outside organizationsrequire leaders adopt what Rose describes as new ways of thinking and doing. Managing at the Leading Edge provides a new model for how two key leadership functions work together to drive results. It also provides tools and resources that leaders can use to implement successful change in the highly dynamic environments within which todays leaders make a difference. I recommend Managing at the Leading Edge as resource leaders can use to drive enduring business change.

David House, Retired Group President of American Express

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For my family... Fern, Max and Rebecca...
inspiration and reminder...
both the journey and the destination matter.

Publishing a book is a big task and requires the help and assistance of many people. I would like to take this opportunity to express my gratitude for their support.

I would first like to acknowledge and thank my family for inspiring and supporting me throughout the process of converting the idea for this book into the reality of the pages that follow. My wife, Fern, was a consistent source of support throughout the process. A person of insight and imagination, Fern helped me retain my focus on true north and stay the course. Her affirmations helped me plough through uncertain moments. I am grateful to my lifes partner.