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East Meets West: Strategic Expansion Decisions Between Two Cultures
Strategic planning for expansion is always challenging in the current unstable global economy, but the normal strategic challenges increase exponentially when decision teams are comprised of members from very different cultural backgrounds. Negotiation between diverse teams requires an understanding of the decision-making models embraced within each culture and the capacity to adjust negotiation strategies to fit the preferred cultural approach of each decision-making team. The present situation facing a young hotel/tourism executive named Rina illustrates this challenge. More… |
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We Venture: Leading Global Entrepreneurial Teams
There is an ancient concept that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. Merriam-Webster dictionary defines it as holism, "a theory that the universe and especially living nature is correctly seen in terms of interacting wholes that are more than the mere sum of elementary particles." If that theory is correct, then the same theory can be applied to business organizations—internal and external stakeholders functioning together create more value for the organization. More… |
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The Use of Collage in Leadership Education
Whether leadership development practitioners use them to explore individual understanding of ideas, to promote group dialogue and learning, to be used as team building activities or whatever other ends they determine valid, collage represents a significant and important leadership development tool because of the tremendous power it wields to invite others to delve into their own mental models, emotions, and meaning. More… |
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Servant Networking: Leading and Connecting Through Service
'Networking' is a term that conjures up thoughts of people schmoozing with the boss to gain an advantage, mingling with the 'in crowd' in the hope of moving up on the social ladder, or using their connections with the 'right people' to better their lives. While people might be interacting with one another for those reasons and others, they are not networking. Networking, especially from a Christian perspective, involves adding value to people's lives with no thought of personal gain. More… |
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From the Editor
While preparing for this issue, I was reminded of my grade school days when I created collages in art class. Thinking back on the various magazine photos I cut out, assembled and pasted together, I recall how those photos worked together for a common vision and purpose. In this issue, we examine the global collage of leadership.
In “East Meets West,” author MaryJo Burchard takes us on a journey with Rina, a young hotel/tourism executive, as she analyzes cultural differences so as to strategically negotiate a deal between French and Japanese executives. Lisa Fournier, in her article, “We Venture,” further expands our collage by looking at how internal and external stakeholders can work together to create more value for the organization. Jeffrey McClellan, in his article “The Use of Collage in Leadership Education,” takes a practical look at how the art and process of building collages is an important leadership development tool. And, lastly, William Bishop, in his article “Servant Networking,” delves into the world of networking from a servant leadership perspective with servant networking being, in my opinion, the glue that connects and holds the various parts of the collage together. I hope you enjoy this issue of Leadership Advance Online. And, if you feel so inclined, consider creatingyour own global collage of leadership!
Julia Mattera
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“You learn far more from negative leadership than from positive leadership. Because you learn how not to do it. And, therefore, you learn how to do it.”
Norman Schwarzkopf
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