SHiFT! The CQ Advantage
Why Cultural Intelligence (CQ) is the New Leadership Superpower
Beyond Monoculture
SHiFT! explores how leaders navigate difference.
Beyond Monoculture asks the bigger question: how do organisations, communities and nations create cohesion without demanding conformity?
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SHiFT! + Beyond Monoculture Bundle
Two books. Two perspectives on leadership and belonging. Includes one signed paperback of each title.
About SHiFT! The CQ Advantage
Leadership today requires more than IQ and EQ.
SHiFT! The CQ Advantage explores why Cultural Intelligence — CQ — is becoming essential for leaders working across different cultures, perspectives, identities and ways of thinking.
Drawing on more than three decades across government, business, education and community leadership, Anu Bedi introduces the BEDI CQ Compass™ — a practical framework built around four capabilities:
North · Insight
Seeing beyond the obvious.
East · Adaptation
Flexing without losing your core.
South · Connection
Building trust and belonging across difference.
West · Impact
Driving responses that respect different voices while delivering meaningful outcomes.
SHiFT! moves Cultural Intelligence beyond theory and into everyday leadership - helping readers recognise cultural dynamics, adapt intelligently and lead difference with greater confidence.
What You’ll Take Away
- ✓ Recognise the cultural dynamics others may miss
- ✓ Understand and apply the four directions of the BEDI CQ Compass™
- ✓ Adapt your leadership without compromising your values or identity
- ✓ Build stronger connection and trust across difference
- ✓ Move beyond performative diversity towards practical Cultural Intelligence
- ✓ Turn CQ into better conversations, decisions and outcomes
About Anu Bedi
Anu Bedi is an Australian author, strategist, speaker and Cultural Intelligence practitioner whose career spans government, business, education and community leadership.
Across more than three decades, she has worked with organisations, leaders and communities on strategy, leadership, stakeholder engagement and navigating difference.
She is the creator of the BEDI CQ Compass™ and author of SHiFT! The CQ Advantage and Beyond Monoculture: Oneness Without Sameness.
Her work focuses on a simple but increasingly important question: How do we lead, work and belong together without requiring everyone to become the same?
Bibliographic Details & ISBNs
- Publisher:
- Bedi Publishing Australia
- Language:
- English
- Pages:
- 284 pages
- Dimensions:
- 210 x 148 x 20 mm
- Paperback ISBN:
- 978-1-7648123-1-3
- Kindle/Ebook ISBN:
- 978-1-7648123-0-6
- Hardcover ISBN:
- 979-8-1901997-0-3
- Paperback Price:
- A$ 29.95
- Ebook Price:
- A$ 12.85
- Amazon Pricing:
- Amazon.com.au →
- Origin:
- Australia
Bring SHiFT! into your organisation
For leadership teams, boards, conferences and professional development programs, bulk orders can be combined with keynote speaking, facilitated conversations or CQ workshops.
Reader Reviews
3 VerifiedI purchased the hardcover for myself and subsequently ordered 40 paperbacks for our senior management team. The case studies on cross-cultural negotiation saved our team months of friction.
Rarely does a leadership book bridge scholarly rigor with gripping, pragmatic real-world strategy so effortlessly. The insights on the four levels of CQ maturity transformed our board dynamics immediately.
Anu Bedi has written an indispensable masterwork. In a country as multicultural as Australia, leading without CQ is like navigating without a compass. The BEDI CQ Compass framework is now required reading for our executive branch.