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Secrets of working across five continents : thriving through the power of cultural diversity /
As technology erodes the impact of time and distance, more and more people live and work across cultures. This book equips readers with the tools to embrace the richness and beauty brought by cultural diversity, and ultimately engage with the key skills for thriving in today's fast-paced, highl...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bingley :
Emerald Publishing Limited,
2021.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro
- Half Title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- What this Book Matters
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Setting the Scene
- The Passion that Drove this Book
- Meltem
- No Persuasion Needed
- Bettina
- The Way this Book was Created
- References
- Visionary and Authentic Leadership
- Why Visionary and Authentic Leadership Matters
- Bettina
- Authentic Leadership
- Situation Sensing. Authentic leaders pick up signals that help them explain what is happening
- they can sense tension, reservations, resistance and support
- Hence, they have great observational skills. Such leaders can not only read the context, but they
- Tough Empathy. Effective leaders evoke high levels of emotional response, loyalty and affection. They do that by being able to balance closeness and remoteness. Closeness is about truly caring about those you lead, and remoteness can arise from the need t
- Revealing Weaknesses. Part of being authentic means not only showing strengths but also revealing weaknesses
- though this has to be done carefully. Each profession has some weaknesses that would be unacceptable and that would undermine the credibility of
- Daring to Be Different. The fourth aspect that sets authentic leaders apart is that they dare to be different
- they are true to themselves, not conforming to general expectations. Yet it is not difference for the sake of it. Think again of Richard Branson
- Transposing Leadership into the Twenty-first Century
- The Picture that Emerges for Visionary and Authentic Leadership
- Chris
- What Drives us to Become Leaders?
- What is Leadership?
- Are Leaders Born or Made?
- Travel Expands Borders
- Cultural Diversity Brings us Together
- The Importance of Time
- Possibilities are Endless
- Vision
- Authenticity
- The World is Changing
- Where Does EI Fit in?
- What About the Future and Our Future Leaders?
- Summing It All Up
- Questions to Ask Yourself
- Honing Your Skills
- Meltem's Reflections on Visionary and Authentic Leadership
- My Precious Treasure
- Contributors to this Chapter and their Treasures
- References
- Additional Reading Suggestions
- Nurturing People and Culture
- Why Nurturing Culture and People Matters
- Bettina
- Understanding National Culture
- Power Distance Index (PDI). This dimension expresses the degree to which the less powerful members of a society accept and expect that power is distributed unequally. The fundamental issue here is how a society handles inequalities among people.