Success for the New Global Manager: How to Work Across Distances, Countries, and Culture - Softcover

Dalton, Maxine

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0470631376 ISBN 13: 9780470631379

Publisher: Jossey-Bass, 2002

Synopsis

As globalization has evolved from being the latest corporate buzzword to a basic economic reality, more and more organizations are realizing that they need managers with skills that translate well to the international arena. But unfortunately many organizations do not know how to identify and develop people for such complex responsibilities. This book-from the Center for Creative Leadership, ranked #1 worldwide in leadership education in a BusinessWeek survey-shows how. Success for the New Global Manager explains what new global managers-those who manage across distance, countries, and cultures- look like and presents four explicit skills they must have to succeed in this new reality. It shows managers how to identify and grow these new capabilities and how to adapt the skills they already possess to a broader global context. And it advises organizations on how they can help managers acquire these important capabilities.

About this title

From the Publisher:

"A development manual for those entering global business roles. It describes what global managers need to know, the capabilities they must have, and it provides concrete exercises to develop those talents. Brings to life the difficulties of global work, enabling the reader to feel the experience. The authors' easy-to-read style makes reading the book almost like being in a CCL training program."
— George P. Hollenbeck, coauthor, Developing Global Executives: The Lessons of Global Experience

"A major contribution to the understanding of what makes a leader successful in a global environment. A quantitative study enables fact-based insights into the differences between leaders managing a local group and those responsible for people in different countries. This book will influence the way we identify our key potentials for a global role and how we develop them."
— Walter Ritter, head of human resources, Syngenta Seeds AG, Basel, Switzerland

"Translates sound research into practical approaches through exercises, examples, and tools for what managers need to learn to work in positions that are increasingly becoming globally complex."
— I. Marlene Thorn, human resources advisor, International Monetary Fund

"This book is a veritable toolbox for any aspiring global manager or facilitator charged with crafting the global mindset. Rich in contemporary context, the authors have made a compelling case for managers to learn how to lead in a complex and competitive environment."
— Clarence Da Gama Pinto, program director, executive programs, Mt. Eliza Business School, Victoria, Australia

From the Inside Flap:

In the new economy, almost everyone's work is global in scope, whether they travel the world in several different jobs or spend their entire career in one city. Global experience is becoming essential for managers and an economic reality for organizations. Yet many senior leaders cite as their major obstacle to global effectiveness not a lack of money, products, or strategies-but a shortage of people who are prepared to manage and thrive in the face of globally complex situations. Success for the New Global Manager helps managers understand not only what skills are needed to manage globally but also how to develop them.
The authors-- from the internationally recognized Center for Creative Leadership-- draw on both quantitative and qualitative research on managers from a variety of jobs, industries, and cultural backgrounds to create a dynamic framework for acquiring effective global management capabilities. This four-part framework shows how managers can use their own skills, traits, experiences, and capacities to help determine what they need to know, use what they already know, learn new capabilities, and assess what their organizations can do to help them. Each chapter includes examples and tools that help managers in the international arena develop themselves and those for whom they are responsible in ways that will enhance their prospects for success.

For practicing managers and those who are responsible for developing them, Success for the New Global Manager is essential for enhancing effectiveness in a newly complex business environment.

About this edition

• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0470631376
• ISBN 13: 9780470631379
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 222