André de Waal

As an independent boardroom advisor and researcher, André de Waal PhD, MBA, MSc has advised over 200 global companies on strategic performance management and high performance issues. His consultations with his client companies and professional management associations span five continents including many emerging markets.

André has conducted over five years of scientific research, examining and analyzing 290 international studies and surveying 1,470 profit, non-profit and government organizations in 50 countries. The results of his study into the factors that make and sustain High Performance Organizations are found within the pages of this book.

André de Waal, is Academic Director of the HPO Center, an organization which conducts research into high performance organizations. He is also Associate Professor of High Performance Organizations at the Maastricht School of Management, guest lecturer at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and Erasmus University Rotterdam, and visiting fellow at Cranfield University (United Kingdom).

André has published over two hundred fifty articles and twenty-four books. His articles have been published worldwide by British Academy of Management, Business Strategy Series (Emerald), Chief Learning Officer, Leadership Excellence, MSNBC.com, and many more.