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Book SynopsisAn insightful, real-world look at the skills today''s global leadership demands Leading Across Borders is the leadership guide for the new business environment. The world''s economic center of gravity is shifting at a rapid pace huge emerging economies have already emerged. As businesses operate in an increasingly global context, the most successful leaders are able to see through the eyes of others and to hear the voices of customers and colleagues from around the world. They build their own personal networks, navigate differences, and work effectively across new borders both the physical borders between countries and the limits of old leadership paradigms.
This book features direct input from people in critical roles around the world, advice based on deep practical experience, and new data that identifies the distinctive challenges of leading in an environment becoming more thoroughly interdependent every day. There is valuable advice for anyone taking on a glob
Table of Contents
Chapter 1—The Shifting Center: Emerging Markets Have Emerged 1
What Is Changing and Why This Matters
Chapter 2—Global Talent: Beyond Outsourcing 16
Who “Global Talent” Is, What People Want, and What They Need to Learn
Chapter 3—Global Mindset: Beyond Culture 35
When Cultural Awareness Is Not Enough
Chapter 4—Global Teams: Beyond Facilitation 55
Why Matrix Teams Fail and How to Get Better Results
Chapter 5—Global Inclusion: Beyond Race and Gender 74
Inclusive Leadership for Competitive Advantage
Chapter 6—Global Mergers and Acquisitions: Beyond Diligence 101
The Real Work Needed to Bring People Together and Make Any Deal Worthwhile
Chapter 7—Global Innovation: Beyond Products 123
Agility to Innovate on a Global Scale
Chapter 8—Global Ethics: Beyond Integrity 148
Conscious Choices to Ensure a Sustainable Future
Chapter 9—Leading From Your Own Center 165
Integrating Your Own Heritage, Present Awareness, and a Vision for the Future
Appendix A—Teamlaunch: Foundations 183
Appendix B—Assessments From Aperian Global 194
Appendix C—Recommended Case Studies 195
Notes 197
Bibliography 211
Acknowledgments 221
Index 223
