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Shaking the Globe: Courageous Decision-Making in a Changing World (Wiley, 2009).
Blythe McGarvie's book, with a forward by Robert Kraft, is available at Amazon.com and other bookstores.
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Foreword, by Robert Kraft
Prologue: The Globe Is Shaking
Why “Go Global” Now?
The Journey Ahead
Part I: Preparing for an Adventure
Chapter 1:
Today’s Interconnected Globe • Back to the Future • Bringing Down the Walls • Five Factors That Shake the Multi-Polar World • Key Points to Consider
Chapter 2: Financial Realities • Realities of Supply and Demand • Realities of Increased Volatility and Inflation • New Realities of Financial Reporting • New Realities of the Global Enterprise • Key Points to Consider
Chapter 3:
Four Types of Leaders • Courageous Leadership in Action • Courage Quotient • Conventional • Compliant • Challenger • Courageous • Building Blocks of Courage • Key Points to Consider
Part II: Connecting the World in Six Stops
Chapter 4:
Cultural Norms • My Awakening • Opportunity Is Now • New Sources of Opportunity • New Sources of Capital • New Sources of Talent • Guides to the Multi-Polar World • Adopting and Adapting to Local Customs and Beliefs • Adopting and Adapting to the Role of Family • Adopting and Adapting to Time Horizon • Snapshot of the Future • Key Points to Consider
Chapter 5:
Winning the War for Talent • Today’s Workforce • The Global Generation • Connecting and Engaging • Communicating through Technology • Web 2.0 Changes Everything • Embracing the Network • Intimate, Yet Isolated • Inspiring a Cause • Key Points to Consider
Chapter 6:
Women • Working Untapped Resources • Educating Women to Fuel Economic Growth • Choices for Women Around the World • Open the Doors to Opportunity • Building Global Capabilities • What Is Measured Happens • Impact of Women Board Members and Executives • Nurturing Future Global Leaders • Key Points to Consider
Chapter 7:
Shareholder Interests • What’s the Fuss about Globalization? • Overcoming New Tensions • Role of State Capitalism • Emerging Market Multinationals Go Global • Rise of Sovereign Wealth Funds • Institutional Funds • Venturing Ahead • Key Points to Consider
Chapter 8:
Entrepreneurs from A to Z • Disaggregation Leads to Innovation • Identifying New Opportunities • Accessing Human Capital • Breeding Entrepreneurs • Bulldozing Barriers • Urgent Need to Act • Key Points to Consider
Chapter 9:
Values and Global Context • Framework for Cultural Values • Individual versus Collective Dimension • Equality versus Hierarchy Dimension • Tough versus Tender Dimension • Dynamic versus Stable Dimension • Time: Past, Present, or Future Dimension • Societal Values and Employer Brands • Context of Values for Courageous Leadership • Remaining True to Yourself • Key Points to Consider
Epilogue: Continuing Your Journey to New Horizons
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index
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