Lateral Approach to Taking Charge

Simple Principles for New Bosses on Building Authority and Partnerships

Ho Wing Sit & Ling Bundgaard

Your big promotion came through. Your larger staff is looking for leadership and guidance. Your boss expects miracles from you. You must generate results immediately. You have new terms with your old colleagues. You cant be the same buddies anymore. Now what? How will you seize the moment? What are the keys to building a winning team? How would you take charge and consolidate your authority?


The Lateral Approach introduces a powerful set of management principles that produce results and bring out the best in people. By adding a new perspective to conventional wisdom, the Lateral Approach cuts through the complexities of day-to-day managerial challenges. This book will help you advance your career and improve your efficiency by providing fresh insight on these crucial topics:


  • Why is it important to be yourself after a promotion
  • How you will manage and be managed by your boss
  • What you can expect from your peers and subordinates
  • Why must you "Do something and do it fast"
  • How you can consolidate your authority in the first thirty days
  • What you are to do when things go wrong
  • How you can build authority and partnership through meetings

Ho-Wing sit has been a successful businessman for nearly four decades. He serves as the chief strategy office of Accela, Inc., the industry leader in producing government software for permits and licensing. One quarter of the US population interacts with Accela software in some form. Ho-Wing, who holds an MBA from MIT, is an entrepreneur and inventor, and the co-author of a series of business parables, Lateral Approach. The Hong Kong emigrant holds four patents, including one for computer evaluation of blueprints. He is currently collaborating with Cisco to expand its government and higher education operations in China. Ho-Wing resides in Moraga, California.

Ling Bundgaard is a global business expert. She had a successful career as executive at Intel Corporation for 31 years, during which she managed the start-up of the first manufacturing plant in Shanghai, China, establishing the first major corporate commitment from Intel inside of China. She also managed several large, cross-cultural projects in other countries, including the Philippines and Denmark. Ling is the co-author of a series of business parables, Lateral Approach. She resides in Phoenix, Arizona.