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Summary of Managing Yourself: Making It Overseas
Author: Masour Javidan, Mary Teagarden, and David Bowen
This article raises a very important question about global leadership and international management. It is a sad fact that we often predict future success with past experiences. For instance, Alan who was the protagonist of the article was a hardworking and all-star leader in the USA but as soon as he was transferred to different geography, Beijing, he failed miserably. It's not that Alan didn’t try to perform rather even after his best efforts to understand the culture, norms, and traditions the external conditions got heavy for him which resulted in his request to come back to the USA. Thus, the underlying assumption is that a good past record at the parent company could be a good predictor of success in the global context. This shouldn’t be a criterion for exposing the high performers to new cultures rather there is a requirement for a more exhaustive analysis of individual personality....