Global Business

This book bridges the research and practice of global talent management. It opens important theoretical and practical avenues to understand the concept internationally while focusing on developing and emerging countries. Chapters derive from various geographic regions and embrace cross-national, comparative, and interdisciplinary perspectives. An open and inclusive approach is used in assessing the challenges of global talent management, strategies to overcome these challenges, and in charting opportunities for future talent management.

In conversation with social entrepreneur Badr Jafar, philanthropic leaders including Bill Gates, Baroness Valerie Amos, Kristalina Georgieva, David Miliband, Razan Al Mubarak and many more discuss their hopes and priorities for the world of today and tomorrow. Their insights shed new light on the increasingly important role that strategic philanthropy is playing in helping to address some of the world’s greatest challenges.

Are you a leader? If the answer is no, I can confidently tell you, you may be wrong. Why? Because whether you like it or not, every one of us need to play a leadership role in some part of our lives. It could be work, it could be home, or it could be as simple as organizing an event or managing a dinner party. So, you simply don’t have a choice!

Discover the ultimate, field-tested guide to managing people effectively in any situation. Success in your personal life and professional career, more often than not, depends entirely on your people management skills. In this comprehensive, yet concise step-by-step guide, Rory Sullivan brings his vast and successful experience in management to bear and shows you exactly how to get your employees, colleagues and bosses to give their best to help successfully achieve proven results in your role as a manager.

Just think for a moment: With over $5.1 trillion changing hands every single day in forex and currencies of different countries changing hands in the process, you can be sure that if you know what you are doing, you can make full-time income with forex! But, you may be wondering: That’s true, but how do I begin? Is forex trading something that a complete beginner can do? How do I decide which currencies to trade?

In a series of fascinating tales, Gene Kohn explains how he helped build one of the most successful architecture firms in the world, offering inspiring lessons on business leadership and design innovation that can be applied to many fields.

Forthright and engaging, Kohn examines both award-winning achievements and missteps in his 50-year career in architecture. In the process, he shows how his firm, KPF, has helped change the buildings and cities where we live, work, learn, and play.

This audiobook is about learning to live the message of the Good Samaritan in the context of the globalized world of the 21st century. This means learning to love our global neighbor wisely by harnessing the resources at our disposal - our time, talents, opportunities, and money - on behalf of those who are victims of injustice, disease, violence, and poverty.

While working together at a Los Angeles boutique, Pamela Skaist-Levy and Gela Nash-Taylor became fast and furious friends over the impossibility of finding the perfect T-shirt. Following their vision of comfortable, fitted T-shirts, they set up shop in Gela’s one-bedroom Hollywood apartment with $200 and one rule: Whatever they did, they both had to be obsessed by it. Pam and Gela eventually sold their company to Liz Claiborne for $50 million, but not before they created a whole new genre of casual clothing that came to define California cool.

In No Ordinary Disruption, the directors of the McKinsey Global Institute, the flagship think tank of the world's leading consulting firm, McKinsey & Company, dive deeply behind current headlines to analyze the key forces transforming the global economy over the next two decades - and most importantly, to explain what business and government leaders need to do to reset their intuitions and take advantage of the disruptions ahead.

Who is the richest person in the world, ever? Does where you were born affect how much money you'll earn over a lifetime? How would we know? Why, beyond the idle curiosity, do these questions even matter? In The Haves and the Have-Nots, Branko Milanovic, one of the world's leading experts on wealth, poverty, and the gap that separates them, explains these and other mysteries of how wealth is unevenly spread throughout our world, now and through time.

Flipping the Switch is the story of Cole and Guillaume, two guys who left their respective home countries of America and France to move to China and start a business. After a chance meeting, they saw an opportunity to disrupt the lighting market with LED technology. Leveraging their sales, marketing, product development, and manufacturing experience in both Western and Chinese markets, together they bootstrapped an innovative brand. They made every mistake under the sun but somehow failed their way to success. And now they’re teaching others to do the same.

¿Te quedas mudo y la mente se te bloquea cuando intentas conversar con la chica que te gusta? ¿Te gustaría tener más autoconfianza y desarrollar ese carisma, humor y persuasión para nunca quedarte sin nada que decir en las citas? Entonces este libro es para ti.

¿Te interesa convertirte en un arma de seducción letal con los hombres? Y al mismo tiempo ser una mujer magnética e irresistible para ligar a cualquier hombre y hacer que se enamore locamente por ti. Entonces este libro te ayudará a ser una mujer alfa en la seducción.

The world's most successful brand names inspire loyalty and trust. You rely on them again and again for their quality, innovation, and performance. What would it mean for your career, your job satisfaction, and your income potential if your boss, colleagues, and customers felt the same about YOU? How YOU Are Like Shampoo guides you step-by-step through proven corporate branding techniques never before adapted to personal use.

What is your organization's glass ceiling? Wondering why your organization isn't reaching its potential? You're not alone. Many leaders sense something is amiss but struggle to identify the missing link. In Build Smart, organizational leadership expert Simon A. Taylor tackles this challenge head-on.

In a world of explosive change and transformation, leaders at all levels—from heads of state and global corporations to entrepreneurs and gig economists—will offer the best opportunity for leveraging change and transforming our lives for the better. This includes how we work, play, govern ourselves, and consider and plan for our collective futures.

Certain businesses are legendary, exerting immense influence in their field. Zingerman’s in Ann Arbor, Michigan, is one of those places. Over the years, the flagship deli has expanded into a community of more than a dozen businesses, including a wildly successful mail order operation, restaurants, bakery, coffee roastery, creamery, candy maker, and events space—transforming Ann Arbor into a destination for food lovers.

Did you know that over 50% of millennials are more likely to start a business than any previous generation? "Global Nomads: The Rise of Borderless Startups" is your gateway to join this revolution. This isn't just a book; it's a journey across continents, diving into the world of startups without borders.

The essential guide for working in diverse teams and across cultures today. This practical self-help guide will optimise the performance of individuals and teams working in an intercultural environment. By increasing awareness of the nature and impact of diversity in the workplace and national cultural differences, it demonstrates how to use the power of difference to achieve positive results for all. Learn how to mitigate unconscious bias to create inclusive organisations and how to use key cultural dimensions to communicate and cooperate in intercultural teams.

For executives leading their organizations through change and growth Mindshifting provides a powerful tool kit. The book guides you through the seven attentional shifts a leader has to make, providing a logical framework for you to move from managing one's self to leading large organizations.