International Leadership: Effecting Success Across Borders in a Boundaryless World

This edited volume strives to support leaders in successfully leading their teams, projects and organizations across borders in an increasingly boundaryless world. From both an academic’s and a practitioner’s perspective, the book focuses on international leaders and their potential to be or become enablers of international success, for and within their respective organizations. The authors are a curated selection of established experts, seasoned leaders, and new voices showcasing novel research, best practices, and business cases. The contributions are assigned to three sections, corresponding to the three core challenges of international leadership: Leading international organizations, leading international teams, and (self)leadership with intercultural excellence. An additional section is dedicated to case studies, exhibiting these challenges in practice.

The Foundation of the Swiss Society for Organization and Management (SGO) as well as Innosuisse - Swiss Innovation Agency supported the creation of this book.

Prof. Dr. Ingo Stolz is Professor of International Leadership & Management at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts (HSLU) in Lucerne, Switzerland. He is passionate about developing international leadership skills in current and future leaders and about sharing his professional and academic international career experiences in Belgium, China, France, Germany, Mexico, Russia, Switzerland, and the US.
Sylvie Odenziel Scherrer (M.A., MScBA) is currently associated with the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts (HSLU) in Switzerland and is pursuing her PhD studies at the Centre for Family Entrepreneurship and Ownership at Jönköping University, Sweden. Inspired by her professional experience in multinational settings, she is dedicated to fostering inclusive and sustainable leadership in entrepreneurial organizations across the globe.