Based on their extensive research in Asia, Making Extraordinary Things
Happen in Asia (Jossey-Bass, an imprint of Wiley; ISBN:
978-1-1185-1851-9; February 2013; Paperback; US$24.95) casts Jim Kouzes
and Barry Posner’s enduring work in global context, demonstrating that
the process of leadership is universal and is relevant across cultures,
environments, settings, and populations.
The book documents actual case stories and experiences about leaders and
leadership in Asia from the leaders of China, Hong Kong, Indonesia,
Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, and
Vietnam.
These leaders tell about their personal and best leadership experiences,
and describe the leaders they have worked with that they admire, those
who taught them about what it means to be a leader, in Asia
specifically, through the lens of the leadership paradigm: Five
Practices of Exemplary Leadership®.
It features interviews with Asian leaders including Caroline Wang,
former vice president for IBM; Rajeev Peshawaria, CEO of the ICLIF
Leadership and Governance Centre; Mike Osorio, global vice president for
learning & development and chief learning officer at DFS Group (Hong
Kong); David Kim, senior operations manager with Siemens Ultrasound;
Jean-Andre Rougeot, CEO at BeneFit Cosmetics, and many others.
Offering fresh insight into the changes in how people work and what
people want from their work, this book is an indispensable resource for
leaders—and all aspiring leaders—at all levels of an organization, HR
professionals, trainers, and leadership development consultant.
Making Extraordinary Things Happen in Asia is now available for purchase
online and at retailers nationwide in both print and all e-book formats.
For a list of retailers, visit http://www.wiley.com/buy/9781118518519.
