ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

This book would have been impossible to write without the generous assistance of many wonderful people. I especially thank those who agreed to be interviewed and granted permission for their stories to be told: Marcelo Baudino, Christina Biedny, Randall Bradford, Sean Dubberke, Udo Fichtner, Rachele Focardi-Ferri, Chris Houghtaling, Jim Kupczyk, Jason Newman, James Piecowye, Jake Shannon, Otis Shepard, Chris Steinmetz, Sudhey Taveras, Theo van der Smeede, Zsolt Vincze, Jyoti Yagnik, and Asif Zulfiqar. Truly among the most cultural agile professionals on the planet, they are each worthy of deep admiration.

There are many talented practitioners and researchers who have advanced our knowledge of international HRM and have shaped my thinking on this subject. I have been fortunate to collaborate with them in research and practice—and feel truly blessed to also call them friends. I thank Nataliya Baytalskaya, Dick Beatty, Jaime Bonache, Wayne Cascio, Bill Castellano, Jean-Luc Cerdin, Saba Colakoglu, Jeff Conte, Andrea David, Dave Day, Victoria DiSanto, Michael Elia and the Team at TraQs Consulting, Jim Farr, Su Chuen Foo, Stan Gully, Hilary Harris, Thomas Hippler, Mark Huselid, Rick Jacobs, Kaifeng Jiang, Johanna Johnson, Mila Lazarova, Dave Lepak, Robert Lesser, Ahsiya Mencin, Ray Noe, Riall Nolan, Jean Phillips, Kat Ringenbach, Mike Schell and the Team at RW3 LLC, Jim Sesil, Laura Shankster-Cawley, Guenter Stahl, Linda Stroh, Vesa Suutari, Ibraiz Tarique, and Rosalie Tung.

For their support and guidance, heartfelt appreciation is extended to my senior editor at Jossey-Bass, Kathe Sweeny, and to my literary agent, Joe Veltre. Two individuals fall into the category of “godsends” in the last few months before Cultural Agility went into production: Elsa Peterson and Sari Maneotis. I thank them both for their tremendous contributions to this book.

I owe my deepest gratitude to my husband, George D’Annunzio. He generously cleared the decks for me on many days so that I could be alone to write. I love and appreciate George for many reasons, not the least of which is his willingness to join me in life’s global adventure.