upworldly
Mobile Behaviour and Business Skills for the New Indian Manager
By Ranjini Manian
THE BOOK What should you wear when your American colleague invites you to an informal dinner? What is the correct way to address a business associate you are meeting for the first time? When should you shake hands, and when is the right time to bow or do namaste? How can you manage as an Indian abroad when you are faced with unfamiliar food? What clicks with a German client, and how do you win over a Japanese partner? If you get an important business call in the middle of an equally important meeting, should you take it? Is it possible to be succinct in an email without being curt? With real-life examples from world leaders that inspire emulation and featuring an easy ‘pick-a-page’ format, Upworldly Mobile is the ideal companion for Indian managers dealing with expatriate colleagues and global workplaces. It is equally useful for foreign managers looking to decode Indian work practices. Drawing on the author's business interactions with C-level executives of thousands of multinationals across seventy-six nationalities, this book aims to help develop a culturally sensitive outlook that will cement relationships with international counterparts most effectively. Upworldly Mobile tells you everything they don’t teach at business schools - how to hold your own in the global work environment today.
` 250/THE AUTHOR Ranjini Manian is founder – CEO of Global Adjustments, India’s premier relocation, realty and cross-cultural services company. She has had clients from 75 nationalities over 16 years and has lived, worked and travelled in dozens of countries.
‘An extraordinarily practical manual for succeeding in the new flat world’ – Ravi Venkatesan. Former chairman, Microsoft India
Foreword by – Shashi Tharoor
Upworldly Mobile is a great instrument to help you become a global Indian.’ — N.R. Narayana Murthy
Find Upworldly Mobile - Behaviour and Business Skills for the New Indian Manager at leading bookstores across India or log on to www.penguinbooksindia.com ISBN 978-0-143-06803-7
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culturama | october 2011