Table of Contents

PART 1: Cultural Wisdom
1.Why Becoming CultureWise is More Important than Ever Before for Business Success

PART 2: What is Culture and What is Personal Style?
2.What is Culture? Understanding the CW Cultural Dimension and Your Personal Style
3.Hierarchy
4.Formality
5.Group Dependence
6.Relationships/Connections
7.Communication Styles
8.Time Orientation
9.Control
10.Motivation Work/Life Balance

PART 3: Putting CultureWise to Work
11.Creating a Global Mindset
12.Working with Diverse Colleagues and being on a Global Team
13.Effective Leadership Across Cultures: Creating Global Strategies to Manage Culturally Diverse Workforce
14.Special Issues Women Managers Encounter
15.Becoming CultureWise on an International Assignment

About the Author

Charlene Marmer Solomon is executive vice president of RW3, an organization that designs and creates online cultural learning tools. Through its CultureWizard Web sites and blended learning programs, RW3 provides online cultural training facilities for dozens of the worlds leading global organizations.



Michael S. Schell is CEO and president of RW3. He has founded and successfully managed several global businesses, including Windham International, the first integrated global mobility and intercultural training organization, and has been a pioneer in developing intercultural training models.Solomon and Schell are also the authors of Capitalizing on the Global Workforce



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