Servant-Leadership Across Cultures by Fons Trompenaars and Ed Voerman
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| Details | |
|---|---|
| Primary Author First Name | Fons |
| Primary Author Surname | Trompenaars |
| Full Title | Servant leadership across cultures |
| Sub Title | Harnessing the strength of the world's most powerful management philosophy |
| Description | |
| Publication Date | February 2009 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-905940-99-8 |
| Binding | |
| Edition | |
| Price | Aprox. 20,00£ |
| Publisher | Infinite Ideas |
| Subject | KJC - Business |
| Contents | |
| No. of Pages | |
| Web Link | publisher's website |
| First chapter | Link |
Synopsis
Servant-leadership across cultures is an extremely practical book for all who are interested in crosscultural management and servant-leadership. Servant-leadership is an approach to leadership development, coined and defined by Robert Greenleaf and advanced by several leading business authors such as Stephen Covey. Servant-leadership emphasises the leader's role as steward of the resources (human, financial and otherwise) provided by the organisation. It encourages leaders to serve others while staying focused on achieving results in line with the organisation's values and integrity.
In a world characterised by globalisation, more and more entrepreneurs are entering the international market. This not only provides unanticipated opportunities, but also extraordinary challenges. Where the workforce is diverse, people will operate from different values. The result will be a "clash of cultures". Experience has shown that servant-leadership in these types of dilemmas is the most effective approach. Using numerous examples the authors show that this is a path that leads to a true resolution, superseding compromise. It is an effective instrument to use to break through the pattern of cultural stereotyping and counterproductive behaviour and to reconcile opposing viewpoints. Especially in the field of cross-cultural management, servant-leadership - as dilemma par excellence - can serve as a bridge. It is an extremely important competence to possess in a globalising world!
Authors
- Fons Trompenaars, is a world expert on international management and the author of the global bestseller, Riding the waves of culture which has sold hundreds of thousands of copies and has been translated into a dozen languages. He is also author of Riding the whirlwind (978 1905940 363) and is the co-author with Charles Hampden-Turner of six other books on cross-cultural business and organizational issues. Ed Voerman is founder of Voerman International and UTS Group and founder of the Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership Europe.
Reader quote
This book is especially recommended for leaders who make decisions using their minds, but also want to speak from the heart. They dare to ask themselves: "who or what do I serve with this decision?" The authors' conclusion is both positive and hopeful for the future; there are challenging cultural differences which can be overcome with the principle of servant-leadership. And thankfully people are not the same, but equal
Herman Wijffels, World Bank, Washington Director of the Board for the Greenleaf Foundation
Excerpt
Read the First Chapter of Servant-Leadership Across Cultures
