Working GlobeSmart: 12 People Skills for Doing Business Across Borders

For aspiring global managers and organizations developing tomorrow's leaders, WORKING GLOBESMART delivers strategies for success on the global stage. Whether you are working in your company's foreign office or on a virtual team that spans the globe, thisfield guide can help you discover how competencies for crossing national or cultural boundaries add value to global business. Rich in examples--from Italy to India, Turkey to Thailand--WORKING GLOBESMART bridges the gap between what we know about business success and what we know about differences in values, abilities, and behavioral characteristics across various cultural dimensions. Global consultant Ernest Gundling provides the tools to transcend the limitations of local perspectives and bring outthe links between communication and change, culture and commerce. With his unique GlobeSmart model, he shows how to develop cultural competencies at the organizational, group, and interpersonal level, highlighting 12 key skills critical...