Winning With Transglobal Leadership

CREATE A POWERFUL COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE FOR YOUR BUSINESS WITH HIGH-PERFORMING GLOBAL LEADERS “Finally, a book that can guide leaders who are facing a shortage of global talent. Not only is this book an inspiring read, but it also provides practical and sustainable best practices that can help global leaders select and develop top talent.” —STEVE BENNETT, Chairman of the Board, Symantec, and former President and CEO, Intuit “Provides actionable best practices and research-based advice that every successful global leader needs in today’s complex business environment.” —SHEILA PENROSE, Chairman, Jones Lang LaSalle, and Cochairman, Corporate Leadership Center “In this book, a seasoned team of leaders has distilled key insights on leading across borders that are based on several decades’ experience and groundbreaking research. This is a mustread for anyone seeking to lead a global organization in today’s dynamic marketplace.” —RANJAY GULATA, Jaime and Josefina Chua Tiampo Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School “Delivers valuable insights and best practices to assist leaders in today’s increasingly complex world of global work.” —MARGARET KEANE, CEO and President, GE Capital Retail Finance “In my experience, it is not just the quality of your senior management, but their ability to think and work across cultures that is really critical to the success of any international expansion plan. This book—and the research on which it is based—is a very valuable tool.” —P.R.S. OBEROI, Chairman, Oberoi Hotels, Ltd. About the Book: Operating and expanding business units offshore, selling in foreign markets, and managing global supply chains are just three of the many challenges that emphasize the importance of leaders that can transcend borders. Winning with Transglobal Leadership will help prepare your organization to meet this need head-on with a framework for developing and training leaders that best fit your global growth strategies. The book combines insights from a global team of author-experts. Together, they draw on an impressive range of resources—extensive original research, interviews with world-class high-performing executives, and decades of combined experience as senior executives, researchers, and consultants—to deliver an easily implemented process for assessing your organization’s global capability and developing the leaders who will drive success. Inside Winning with Transglobal Leadership, you will find: Guidance on measuring and evaluating your organization’s capacity to compete globally Five behavioral dimensions that global leaders need to develop Keys to assessing leadership candidates early in their careers The “Transglobal Leadership Matrix,” a tool for taking stock of your own skills and behaviors At a recent World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, numerous CEOs in attendance cited a growing need for talent that could function successfully in new and emerging global markets. For leaders and managers, HR and training specialists, or anybody doing business today, Winning with Transglobal Leadership is the definitive handbook on satisfying the demand for specialized leadership skills—now and in the years to come.

The second edition of this bestselling textbook has been fully updated with a synopsis of the latest changes in the fields of intercultural communication and leadership development. This includes new benchmark interviews from some of the world's foremost companies; a wealth of proven guidelines, tools, and models, including Wibbeke’s own Geoleadership Model and two new chapters focusing on the influence of gender and technology on culture and leadership. This new edition also emphasizes practical examples of individuals and organizations that have utilized the core concept of "geoleadership"—including updated research from those at the forefront of various industries, including finance, healthcare, and manufacturing. With contributions and endorsements from some of the most important thought leaders in leadership development and intercultural communication, this edition offers a resource for designing, delivering, and evaluating successful leadership theories and practices to both students and practitioners.

Face the future on the crest of the wave while the rest are pulled under The Future-Proof Workplace is a survival guide for the new realities of business. The future is no longer some far-off destination; it is here, right now, and already changing the way we work. Historically, the sea-changes have advanced humanity and inspired us to reach even further; from the Dark Ages to the Age of Enlightenment, from agrarian to industrial societies—and today is no different. But only those who are ready for the changes will come out thriving. This book highlights the changes already taking place around us: the transition from skills to knowledge, the neuroscience approach to leadership and motivation, galloping technical advances, and more. Whether you're a CEO, a leader or manager, or just trying to survive the chaos, this invaluable guide is your wake-up call—the future is now. The new forces emerging must be understood now if your organization is to succeed. This book details the transformation every business must make to turn upheaval into opportunity. Discover how emerging technologies and neuroscience research are already impacting the way we work Learn how yesterday's biases are being replaced by modern values, culture, and relationships Consider the "heart" of your organization, and whether it can stand up to the purpose-driven paradigm of the future Find new achievement in the new organizational structure, and examine models that are already emerging Everyone knows that changes are needed—and fast. The question is: which changes, and how? The Future-Proof Workplace maps the transformation, and gives you an itinerary for each step of the way.

The earth will survive without us. Can we afford to keep on making the same mistakes? Can we afford to keep on thinking only of ourselves? The leaders of tomorrow are the children of today. Ensuring good leadership in the years ahead means starting with the proper upbringing of the new generation. We need future leaders with a high degree of emotional, intellectual and spiritual intelligence. Leaders who are guided by the new motivating forces of trust, integrity and humility. Kudos to Bruno for a compelling book. It will take you out of your 'comfort zone' and help you along your never ending leadership journey. If you aspire to great leadership this book is a must read. Linda D. Sharkey, Global Managing Director and Partner Achieveblue It is no longer good enough simply to do the same things in a different way. The moment has arrived when only real change will do. And yes, you can't make an omelette without breaking eggs. But as Bruno so lucidly points out, the successful leaders of tomorrow will be those who dare to play the 'power of diversity' card. There is still hope! Saskia Van-Uffelen, CEO Bull and CSB Consulting

The Optimizing Talent Workbook will guide you through a hands-on, practical application of what you learned from Optimizing Talent: What Every Leader Needs to Know to Sustain the Ultimate Workforce. Not only will you learn to apply the Optimizing Talent Framework in your organization, you’ll find that we’ve expanded on the foundation of Optimizing Talent to include the incredibly valuable topics of talent branding and neuroscience, as well as case studies of companies that have used the framework to great success. The Optimizing Talent Workbook provides a step-by-step strategic implementation approach for developing and retaining the best talent whatever your business!

The concept of sustainability and sustainable development is growing rapidly and has great importance in the different aspects of social and economic development at the national and international levels. This idea is characterized as a process that links economic and social factors while maintaining the ecological levels of analysis, such as national, regional, international, organizational, and individual. Sustainable human resource management (HRM) features a set of techniques and procedures of HRM that enable the attainment of social, financial, and environmental goals with an influence both inside and outside of the business while managing the unexpected consequences. Sustainable Development of Human Resources in a Globalization Period explores the dynamics of sustainability in the context of the development of human resources. The book further discusses different strategies for the betterment, welfare, and operation of organizations. Covering topics such as digital media determinism, organizational commitment, and worker performance, this premier reference source is an essential title for business leaders and managers, human resource managers, nonprofit organizations, students and faculty of higher education, libraries, researchers, and academicians.

Standard business schools and programmes ignore the fast paced change in the business landscape today. They waste your time with anachronistic concepts that will only confuse you and slow you down when you try to apply them in real life. MBA 2.0 contains 38 topics you won't learn in business school. It is drawn from research into how business is conducted today, and how it will be conducted in the future. It won't waste your time with outdated theories and models, but instead it brings you powerful ideas and techniques that you can use today. MBA 2.0 will teach you: * Workplace Psychology * Cultivating entrepreneurial spirit * Building and sustaining motivation * Time management strategies * Personal development techniques * The psychological underpinnings of Human Capital Management * Career Development strategies * Dealing with and positively utilizing failure * How to move ideas from the drawing board to reality * How business has changed and how it will continue to develop in the future * Various case studies that examine successful business adaptations * An outline of the emerging new paradigm of business behavior * Mega-shifts, and subsequent changes in standards and practices * An outline of the changes to the organizational structure of businesses * A rundown of the qualities in the new leadership model * An introduction to strategic thinking in a business and market context * An introduction to the changes occurring in the field of marketing * An analysis of the social media customer, and how to appeal to this new marketing target * The value of creation, and how to apply it across all levels of the sales process * How to be an effective salesman in the digital world * An introduction to budgeting, and how budgets will change in the new economy * What is Disruptive Innovation, and how you can deal with it * How to use Disruptive Innovation to your advantage * A guide for how to cultivate a culture of constant innovation * The challenge of becoming a truly innovative company * Issues and opportunities associated with hyper-connectivity * Noticing the change, and seizing it using "weak signals" * Becoming the source of the change, and sending your own "weak signals" * The importance of perpetual learning and strategies for achieving it * Techniques for promoting constant improvement within your company * How to effectively leverage new technology to drive sales * A rundown of potential issues facing businesses in the future