"We all share a sense of the present; but for some of us the present is a much more voluminous temporal body than for others. Some people cruise through time in ocean liners; others labor along in wherries. ...The inexperienced boatman alternates between desperate responses to immediate necessities and recuperative oblivion during easy sections. The experienced boatman, on the other hand, is always safely in channel because he has marked the channel from up river. While his arms and torso respond to immediate needs, his eyes look downstream. His mind has gauged the mood of the river from the rapids he has already run; it notes anything new or interesting for future reference. There is, simply speaking, more river for him than for the inexperienced boatman."
—Robert Grudin
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Learn to navigate the rough seas of global leadership — in the face of virtual teams, flattening organizational hierarchies and transnational outsourcing.
The Rabbi and the CEO: The Ten Commandments for 21st Century Leaders (SelectBooks)
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I have a pretty short attention span, but I couldn't put this book down. /The Rabbi and the CEO/ is carefully researched and fun to read, and it's one of those extremely rare books that give mere mortals real access to great management. If you lead anything, do yourself a favor: Get this book. It offers a kind of leadership power that is all too often missing in boardrooms and that you simply won't find elsewhere."
Ali Velshi, CNN senior business correspondent and host of Your $$$$$
"/The Rabbi and the CEO/ provides an insightful "lighthouse" to navigate the dynamic world of leadership and management in the 21st century. More than ever in today's challenging environment, authentic leadership and a strong moral compass are paramount, and this book provides strong insight and tools into these critical areas for success"
Dr. Martin Cross, CEO, Novartis-Australia
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 Communicate or Die: Getting Results Through Speaking and Listening (SelectBooks 2003)
"I am a huge believer in Communicate or Die. When people speak – and listen – effectively, they get better information, better strategic intelligence, and better results. Zweifel’s short book is absolutely essential for you and your people if you want tight championship teams."
– Steve Baird, Senior Management Advisor, UBS
 Culture Clash: Managing the Global High-Performance Team (SelectBooks 2003)
"A great read – and you end up feeling smarter as a result of it. Absolutely required reading for leaders who manage across cultures."
– Ali Velshi, Anchor, CNNfn
 Democratic Deficit?: Institutions and Regulation in the European Union, Switzerland, and the United States
"Thomas Zweifel's pathbreaking book Democratic Deficit? delivers a compelling empirical analysis of transparency and accountability in the European Union. A must-read for all those interested in the future of European regulatory policy-making."
– Andrew Moravcsik, Professor of Government and Director, European Union Program, Harvard University
Communique ou Meurs
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Read excerpts of Dr. Zweifel’s forthcoming books:
• International Organizations and Democracy
• Coaching Leaders to Meet the Future
• The Rabbi & the CEO
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Learn the 3 C’s: Coaching, Communication, Cross-Cultural Strategy
Professor Zweifel teaches leadership and cross-cultural management at Columbia University in New York, St. Gallen Business School, and in other universities in the United States, Europe and Australia. In his speeches in corporations, UN bodies, government agencies like the US State Department and the US Military Academy at West Point, he acts as an "ambassador of worlds and wisdoms," integrating America and Europe, West and East, tradition and future, business and making a difference, theory and practice. His speaking and teaching empower leaders in all walks of life to go beyond themselves and be the global leaders needed by the 21st century.
"I have personally seen Dr. Zweifel in action... He is a man who deserves a title that is all too often bestowed without merit, but in this case is truly deserved: miracle worker."
David Searby, program officer, U.S. State Department
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