Leadership Success in China: An Expatriate's Guide - Softcover

William C. Byham Ph.D.; Erik Duerring; Yue-er Luo

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0976151448 ISBN 13: 9780976151449

Publisher: DDI Press, 2008

Synopsis

The Opportunity of a Lifetime China s recent economic development has been nothing short of phenomenal. For the Western leader assigned to the Chinese mainland, the career opportunities are unsurpassed. Expatriates have the privilege of playing a pivotal role in one of the most exciting economic and cultural transformations in recent world history. The time spent leading and managing in China will prove to be one of the most challenging, dynamic, and personally rewarding assignments an expatriate could hope to imagine. Leadership Success in China: An Expatriate s Guide is written for expatriate leaders who want to jump-start their China career and quickly get up and running in their new environment. The complexities of managing a team steeped in a culture vastly different from the expatriate s own cannot be underestimated. Some tried-and-true Western business practices can be applied; others will fall flat in the face of China s cultural differences. Still other, unique practices heretofore unknown to the expatriate leader might be a better fit. Leadership Success in China: An Expatriate s Guide details what techniques and practices will work for expatriates in China and how others, such as performance management and selection, will need to be augmented for the Chinese culture. It also notes the traps and pitfalls for the expatriate to avoid. This book is a practical, must-have handbook for leaders charged with building a productive, trusting, empowered team in China that can achieve the business and strategic goals set forth by the head office. Who Should Read It Leadership Success in China: An Expatriate s Guide is written for executives, managers, and human resource professionals who are on assignment or soon will be in mainland China and those who will interact frequently with Chinese as part of their managerial role.

About this title

About the Author:

William Byham, Ph.D. Dr. Byham is cofounder, chairman, and CEO of Development Dimensions International. A frequent traveler to China, Dr. Byham contributed his insights from the perspective of DDI s global research into selection and leadership practices and DDI s interviews with more than 40 CEOs in China as part of CNBC s Asian Business Leaders Award (ABLA). Dr. Byham also leveraged his own experiences leading an international organization and his years of personal experience helping organizations throughout the world realize their productivity, quality, and retention goals. Dr. Byham has pioneered a number of important human resource technologies and systems that have had a significant impact on organizations throughout the world. These technologies include the assessment center method, behavior-based interviewing (Targeted Selection ®), behavioral job analysis methodology, results-based employee and management training and development (Interaction Management ®), empowerment, retirement management, and the use of the Acceleration Pool® as a method of succession management for high-potential individuals. These technologies have been described in the 23 books and more than 200 articles and monographs he has either authored or coauthored. Erik Duerring Erik Duerring is an American expatriate in China. He spends a great deal of time with both expatriate and local senior managers consulting on selection, executive assessment, coaching, and development programs. Mr. Duerring, DDI s director of consulting services in Asia, has more than 12 years experience in success management, assessment, and leadership development, covering a variety of industries. Across eight locations he is responsible for formulating and executing DDI Asia s consulting strategies through a team of consultants, executive coaches, project managers, trainers, instructional designers, and support resources. Since 2002 he has worked with DDI s Asia operations, offering project management, consulting, and sales support. In 2006 he launched mainland China s first executive assessment center. In 2007 Mr. Duerring was honored by HRoot and World Management Review magazine as a winner of the prestigious 50 people of Human Resources in China award. The award recognizes those entrepreneurs, experts, and scholars who make remarkable contributions to and stimulate the development of the human resource industry in China. Yue-er Luo, Ph.D. Dr. Luo has 25 years experience in both the consulting and corporate environments in Greater China. Her first period of experience in mainland China started in 1989 with Development Dimensions International (DDI), based in Hong Kong as the marketing director for DDI Asia-Pacific. In that position until 1996, she was one of DDI s pioneers in helping clients adapt their selection and leadership assessment system and leadership development training for the China culture. From 2002 to 2005, Dr. Luo was back in Shanghai on the start-up team for Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg. Co. Ltd. Working with a local team, she created and set up the HR systems to recruit, train, and develop the first 800 employees for the company s Shanghai operation. Dr. Luo currently teaches a strategic human resources program in the EMBA program of Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (Beijing). She also is a visiting professor at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. DDI China Team Many of this book s insights into the challenges that expatriate managers face in China came from consulting and executive coaching done by DDI s teams of Chinese nationals. In the Greater China region, we currently have more than 80 associates serving clients from four major cities: Beijing, Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Taipei.

Review:

I would recommend Leadership Success in China: An Expatriate s Guide to anyone who is or will be leading people in China. The book s leadership principles and insightful, practical advice will help expatriate managers understand the Chinese business culture as well as how to adapt their own leadership style and implement management practices most effectively. Timothy J. Collier Vice President, Customer Relations & Sales Asia Westinghouse Electric Company --Timothy J. Collier

About this edition

• Publisher: DDI Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0976151448
• ISBN 13: 9780976151449
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256
• Editor: Bill Proudfoot
• Illustrator: N/A