International Leadership

Empowerment and Illumination for Visionary Leaders Awaking, arousing and provoking liberators, reformers, pioneers and visionary leaders to be different and make a difference in their world. Silence the noisy negatives and move past the naysayers to do something extraordinary and be all you can be in the earth! Transcend labels to live authentically, discover your mission, give place to your voice and lead with vision. You were born an original. Stop living like a copy. Love unconditionally, live wholeheartedly, and impact society without apology. Be empowered to go further and faster to ...

Diplomacy is critically important in leadership as it influences the leader’s ability to effectively navigate the complexities of not only international relations but also tactical, organizational, and strategic business operations. Dr Andrew Campbell is the Director of the International Peace and Leadership Institute and Director of the Global Leadership Education Institute.

We all know the bad news. The heady promise of the Arab Spring has given way to repression, civil war, and an epic refugee crisis. Economic growth is sputtering. Income inequality is rising around the world. And the threat of ISIS and other extremist groups keeps spreading. We are living in an age of unprecedented, irreversible decline - or so we're constantly being told. Jonathan Tepperman's The Fix presents a very different picture.

In today’s work world, more and more companies are ethnically diverse and operate either on a regional or global scale. How are you able to communicate more confidently, connect personally, and standout to senior management ahead of your peers in your organization? This book shows you the visibility strategies that will get you recognized and rewarded in any organization! It will outline the mindset, tips, techniques, and the five situations where you can make the most impact.

In this Springer Brief, the author introduces how Chinese firms are successfully using their own variants of the "Silicon Valley Approach" to management. The author begins the discussion by deliberating on the extent to which management models need to be re-invented. A fundamentally new approach is then introduced, which already exists and is proving itself in practice at some of Silicon Valley's most dynamic firms. The author finds that the Chinese management models, in comparison, may be even more advanced. If true, this could have profound implications for managers everywhere.

Followers of Dian Griesel's highly regarded blog SilverDisobedience.Rocks and her social media pages @SilverDisobedience have asked for her essays in book form. This is her response. Daily, thousands of people from all walks of life read and respond to short Silver Disobedience® essays published on an assortment of social media accounts. Not with a mere thumbs-up: Dian’s passionate readers share extensive personal responses, stories and gratitude for her heartfelt candor about deep feelings, thoughts, fears, problems and doubts to which so many seem to closely relate. As a “she-ro” ...

Our national security increasingly depends on access to the most sophisticated and advanced technology. Yet the next time we set out to capture a terrorist leader, we may fail. Why? The answer lies in a conflict between two worlds. One is the dynamic, global, commercial world with its thriving innovations. The other is the world of national security, in which innovation is a matter of life or death. The conflict is about secrecy. Innovating in a Secret World is a detailed examination of the current trends in often secret national security-related research and development (R&D).

Vor einigen Jahren begann Ray Dalio beunruhigende politische und wirtschaftliche Entwicklungen zu bemerken, denen er in seiner 50-jährigen Karriere noch nie zuvor begegnet war. Auf der Suche nach einer Erklärung entdeckte er, dass solche Kombinationen von Bedingungen charakteristisch für Perioden des Übergangs sind, in denen sich Reichtum und Macht in einer Weise verschoben, die die Weltordnung neu gestaltete.

MSD; the acronym; which truly has been the timeless tour de force of Indian cricket & sporting leadership and has deservingly come to be synonymous with the stuff of legends. He arrived as a maverick to the gentleman’s game and with his unconventional playbook disrupted the status-quo effectively while outmaneuvering the opponents and going on to become the only captain in the world ever to win the Triple Crown of the World of Cricket. His personal journey has been well chronicled in multiple books while the untold story, too, has been captured effectively on the celluloid. This work, ...

This book bridges the research and practice of global talent management. It opens important theoretical and practical avenues to understand the concept internationally while focusing on developing and emerging countries. Chapters derive from various geographic regions and embrace cross-national, comparative, and interdisciplinary perspectives. An open and inclusive approach is used in assessing the challenges of global talent management, strategies to overcome these challenges, and in charting opportunities for future talent management.

ATTENTION STUDENTS: If you need to write a paper on globalization of organizations, then this is the perfect reference. It's simple, easy to understand, and right to the point. This eBook focuses on globalization of organizations. It introduces the concept, shows how it has influenced the ways organizations do business, and discusses the effects it has on people and communities. Real companies are used as examples to help understand the impact of globalization, and the text is written for easy reader comprehension at any level. If you are interested in learning about globalization of ...

Kaizen, skills, integration: three words that 20 years ago didn't mean anything, today they mean a lot. Our economy and society rotate around these concepts. Which role do they play in our life? Furthermore, we all know that the globalization is making our system changing so fast that we literally have to run! And who wins the marathon at the end? The business with the best players. The most motivated, the most skilled-matching team.

Not everyone is a natural when it comes to management. And yet, in many big companies and organizations, the “reward” for being a top performer and excelling in your current role is to be plunged into management—often with very little warning, and even less time to adjust to the vastly different job description and requirements. If this describes your situation, you’ll find strategies, solutions, and much-needed guidance in Mike Lerario’s second book, Management in Balance. In these pages, he outlines the four essential domains of management—Time, Material, Risk, and Change—...

What would it take to raise an organization’s level of performance from acceptable to exceptional?This book explores and provides solid answers to that fundamental question. Bill Leider and Jason Thompson, the managing partners of Axies Group, have decades of experience in successfully leading, consulting for, advising and coaching leaders and their organizations, from ambitious start-ups to Fortune 500 companies, across a wide range of industries.

La diversidad, si se gestiona de forma adecuada, contribuye a que las organizaciones se nutran de las diferencias individuales para que actúen de forma conjunta en proyectos comunes. Hay que integrar las diferencias para crear verdaderos grupos de aspiración en sociedades que funcionan ya de forma colaborativa.

The shift to doing business online hasn’t been easy for any business, but if there’s one industry that’s well-suited for this transition, it’s the network marketing field. For decades, network marketing has helped many people achieve financial freedom and live their dream life, many of whom were working from home.

The insurance industry is going through a revolution, but too many carriers, brokers, agents, and team members aren’t keeping up with the changes. Today, we live in an Amazon world of convenience, information, and choices. People expect every product and service—including insurance—to be as easy and efficient to purchase as a book or a piece of luggage.

Get the Ultimate Guide to Winning Wars! Sun Tzu's Art of War For centuries, Sun Tzu's Art of War has been the ultimate guide for military strategists, diplomats, and leaders seeking to gain a competitive edge. This comprehensive compendium brings together two of the most respected English translations of this ancient Chinese masterpiece, along with the original text in Chinese annotated with pinyin. Two Classic Translations, One Unparalleled Resource This unique collection features the translations of: Arthur Calthrop, a British officer and scholar who first introduced the Art of War to ...

Listen to the voices of a selected group of Latin American leaders share how they emerged and grew. Learn from their stories. Living in Latin America as a foreigner means you have experienced awkward moments and bewildering misunderstandings. All leaders are influenced by their culture.

This book focuses on the increasing need to be less technical and tactical and to be more relationship focused. It begins with knowing yourself, and your willingness to really invest in knowing your employees and teams. It is evident, now more than ever, as we face both an increasingly emotionally disconnected and physically disconnected work environment and world, that our ability to create human connection is our most powerful tool as a leader. Time and time again, it is the “soft stuff” that makes the “hard stuff” work.