Contents
Rethinking the East Asian Leadership Gap
Negotiating With Chinese Investors
What Western Managers Should Know
Implications for Foreign Companies
Mastering the Make-in-India Challenge
Why a Traditional Strategy Won’t Work
Creating Make-in-India Advantages
Three Key Value Chain Practices
The Upside of Being a Woman Among ‘Bros’
How to Change a Culture: Lessons From NUMMI
Backstory: Why NUMMI Began, and How It Fared
What Is the Nature of a Good Company-Employee Relationship?
Need a New Way of Thinking? Act Your Way to It
“Stop the Line” (or, What It’s Really Like to Give Workers the Means to Successfully Do Their Jobs)
How the NUMMI Way Was Different From the Old Way
The Essential Value of Problems
The Need for Culture Neutrality
The Rising Need for Culturally Neutral Leadership Standards
Proactive Executives Can Create Conditions for Change
The Positive Consequences of National Diversity