Book Buzz from The International Leadership Association 2022 Global Conference. Linyuan Guo-Brennan and Michael Guo-Brennan discuss their book Preparing Globally Competent Professionals and Leaders for Innovation and Sustainability.

Their book is centered on international higher education’s role for the global common good. It critically examines the need for globally competent citizens, professionals, and leaders in the 21st century and higher education’s role in the global common good for a sustainable world. The book presents an evidence-based interdisciplinary framework and promising strategies to allow all learners to develop global citizenship and global leadership while addressing the need to prepare human capital for the global knowledge economy and digital transformation of the 21st century.

Linyuan Guo-Brennan is Professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Prince Edward Island and Adjunct Professor in the College of Education at Troy University. Michael Guo-Brennan is Associate Professor of Political Science at Troy University.