To succeed in today's highly complex global business environment requires much more than meets the eye. Yes, it helps to know the local language or whether to kiss, bow, or shake hands. Kiss, Bow, or Shake Hands (The Bestselling Guide to Doing Business in More than 60 Countries) But as David Livermore, Ph.D., explains in his lively "Leading with Cultural Intelligence" this is just the tip of the iceberg of what is required. What he offers is a practical, deeply-researched framework for managing the rest of the iceberg, the majority of which lies below the waterline. It's the part that most business people overlook -- that invisible part that sinks ships and sinks relationships.
Dr. Livermore not only is academically grounded but personally experienced in the science and art of choreographing and improvising crosscultural relationships. He has done consulting and training with leaders in 75 countries across the Americas, Africa, Asia, Australia, and Europe and his book is chock full of stories from those experiences as he uses them -- with candor and humor -- to add color commentary to the four-dimensional cultural intelligence(CQ)model he presents.
Any organizational or functional leader, manager, or entrepreneur thinking about or already doing business globally needs to pack this book along with their Ambien, Berlitz phrase book, and PDA.