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To inaugurate this alliance, IGB Network and IESE will be holding a joint symposium on the strategic development of global leaders with an emphasis on Asia. The symposium will specifically focus on what multinational corporations must do to develop globally competent leaders leaders equipped with the skills and characteristics to be effective in an ever more complex global business environment. Since the 1990s China and India have enjoyed rapid economic growth. Despite the global recession, this trend looks likely to continue. However, Chinese and Indian firms are not as prominent on the global stage as their economic power would suggest. In the coming decade, however, we expect a more aggressive positioning of Asian firms. In this context, Japanese organizations will need to develop new leaders with a comprehensive set of global leadership competencies. Both IESE Business School and IGB are committed to help Japanese companies develop these competencies. <P></P> <b></b> <b></b> <a href="http://www.iese.edu/en/home.asp" target="_blank"><img src="images/IESE.jpg" alt="access to IESE business school" name="access to IESE" width="80" height="50" border="0"></a> <P></P> <b></b> <b></b> <tr> <td width="100"><img src="images/IGB-IESE.jpg" alt="IGB-IESE" name="IGB-IESE" width="200" height="150" id="book"></td><br></tr> <tr font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#FFFFCC" size="-1" class="IGB01"> <td width="25%">Dr.Furuya / </td><td width="25%">Dr. Nueno / </td><td width="25%">Mr. Kasai / </td><td width="25%">Dr.Kase</td></tr> <hr width="100%"> <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#FFFFCC" size="-1" class="IGB01"> </font> <b><font color="#FFFFCC" size="3" >IGB Network Symposium - 21 February 2007</font></b><br> <P></P> The IGB Network Co., Ltd recently held its second symposium on the Strategic Development of Global Leaders and Human Capital for the 21st Century. In collaboration with the Kozai Group Inc, Nanjing University Business School, and the ION (International Organization Network) group, the global forum focused on what multinational corporations must do to develop globally competent leaders & employees  leaders & employees equipped with the skills and characteristics to be effective in an ever more complex global business environment. With more than 40 of the leading researchers and scholars who are charting the future path of globalization in attendance, the forum aimed to present a truly global perspective on leadership and human capital development.<br> <P></P> Dr. Mark Mendenhall (Kozai Group, USA) opened the morning key note speeches with a stimulating session on  Developing and Managing Globally Competent Leaders . Other keynote speakers included Dr. Shuming Zhao (Nanjing University School of Business) who focused on  Developing Globally Competent Leaders and Globally Effective Organizations in China , and Dr. Mary Yoko Brannen from San Jose State University whose session was on  Global Talent Management and Learning for the Future: Pressing Concerns for Japanese Multinationals . <br> <P></P> The afternoon consisted of concurrent workshops on a variety of topics related to growing globally competent leaders and teams.<br> <P></P> The afternoon consisted of concurrent workshops on a variety of topics related to growing globally competent leaders and teams. Dr.Joyce Osland (San Jose State University) led a session on  Global Competency Development & Solutions . Dr. Michael Stevens` (Kozai Group USA) workshop was on  Global Competency Assessment and Dr. Allan Bird`s (Kozai Group USA) workshop was on "Global Leadership Development in Asia" while Dr. Martha Maznevski (IMD) led a workshop on  Managing Multinational Teams . <P></P> Later workshops focused on topics such as  Global Competency Transfer (Dr.Gary Oddou, California Sate University),  Diversity Management of Multinational Firms (Dr.Bjørn Ekelund, Human Factors),  Human Resource Management/Leadership Development in China (Dr.Shuming Zhao, Nanjing University), and the  Development of Intercultural Communication skills (Dr. Janet Bennett, Intercultural Communication Institute). <br> <P></P> With more than 120 participants from over 60 companies and universities in attendance, the forum was judged to be an overall success. <P></P> <table width="100%"> <tr> <td width="33%"><img src="images/markMendenhall.jpg" alt="Dr. Mark Mendenhall" name="Dr.Mark Mendenhall" width="135" height="110" id="book"></td> <td width="33%"><img src="images/ShumingZhao.jpg" alt="Dr. Shuming Zhao" name="Dr.Shuming Zhao" width="135"height="110" id="book"></td> <td width="33%"><img src="images/MaryYoko.jpg" alt="Dr. Mary Yoko Brannen" name="Dr.Mary Yoko Brannen" width="135"height="110" id="book"><br></td></tr> <tr font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#FFFFCC" size="-1" class="IGB01"> <td width="33%">Dr.Mark Mendenhall</td><td width="33%">Dr. Shiming Zhao</td><td width="33%">Dr. Mary Yoko Brannen</td></tr> <tr> <td width="33%"><img src="images/JoyceOsland.jpg" alt="Dr. Joyce Osland" name="Dr.Joyce Osland" width="135" height="110"id="book"></td> <td width="33%"><img src="images/MichaelStevens.jpg" alt="Dr.Michael Stevens" name="Michael Stevens" width="135"height="110" id="book"></td> <td width="33%"><img src="images/AllanBird.jpg" alt="Dr. Allan Bird" name="Dr.Allan Bird" width="135" height="110"id="book"><br></td></tr> <tr font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#FFFFCC" size="-1" class="IGB01"> <td width="33%">Dr.Joyce Osland</td><td width="33%">Dr.Michael Stevens</td><td width="33%">Dr.Allan Bird</td></tr> <tr> <td width="33%"><img src="images/MarthaMaznevski.jpg" alt="Dr.Martha Maznevski" name="Dr.MarthaMaznevski" width="135"height="110" id="book"></td> <td width="33%"><img src="images/GaryOddou.jpg" alt="Dr.Gary Oddou" name="Gary Oddou" width="135"height="110" id="book"></td> <td width="33%"><img src="images/DrBjørnEkelund.jpg" alt="Dr. BjørnEkelund" name="Dr.Bjørn Ekelund" width="135"height="110" id="book"><br></td></tr> <tr font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#FFFFCC" size="-1" class="IGB01"> <td width="33%">Dr.Martha Maznevski</td><td width="33%">Dr.Gary Oddou</td><td width="33%">Dr.Bjørn Ekelund</td></tr> <tr> <td width="33%"><img src="images/JanetBennett.jpg" alt="Dr.Janet Bennett" name="Dr.Janet Bennett" width="135"height="110" id="book"></td> <td width="33%"><img src="images/Symposium2007.jpg" alt="Symposium 2007" name="Global Forum 2007" width="135"height="110" id="book"><br></td> <td width="33%"><img src="images/GlobalForum2007.jpg" alt="GlobalForum2007" name="Global Forum 2007" width="135" height="110"id="book"></td></tr> <tr font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#FFFFCC" size="-1" class="IGB01"> <td width="33%">Dr.Janet Bennett</td><td width="33%">Global Forum 2007</td><td width="33%">Global Forum 2007 </td></tr> </table> <hr width="100%"> <P></P> <b><font color="#FFFFCC" size="3" >IGB Network has started to provide consultancy services on Chinese business with the collaboration of Nanjing University.</font></b><br> <br> <table width="400" border="0" cellspacing="5" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <th colspan="3" align="center"><img src="images/3men.jpg" alt="NJU" name="3men" width="400" height="150" id="book"></th> </tr> <tr> <td width="133"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#FFFFCC" size="-1" class="IGB01"><font size="1"> Nori Furuya<br>CEO<br>IGB Network </font> </td> <td width="133"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#FFFFCC" size="-1" class="IGB01"><font size="1"> Shuming Zhao<br>Dean<br>School of Business Nanjing University PR China</font> </td> <td width="133"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#FFFFCC" size="-1" class="IGB01"><font size="1"> Joel Glassman<br>Vice Chancellor<br>University of Missouri St. Louis USA</font> </td> </tr> </table><p> IGB Network signed an agreement with School of Business, Nanjing University in Peoples Republic of China effective on March 19, 2006. Through this collaborative partnership, IGB Network is able to offer various academic and business consultancy services related to Chinese management and business. IGB Network and Nanjing University can jointly provide research, training, coaching, and consultancy services in the arenas of organizational integration & development, Chinese management strategies & practices, Chinese HRM, Chinese cross-cultural management issues, Chinese marketing development. <br><br> <a href="http://nubs.nju.edu.cn/">http://nubs.nju.edu.cn/</a><br><br><br> </p> <hr width="100%"> <P></P> <b><font size="3" color="#FFFFCC">IGB Network Symposium - 7 January 2005</font></b><br> <br> The IGB Network recently held its first symposium on the Strategic Development of Global Organizational &amp; Human Capital for the 21st Century. The symposium, sponsored by Newsweek Japan, focused <br> on what multinational corporations must do to develop globally competent employees - employees equipped with the skills, sophistication, and characteristics to be effective in diverse business roles in an ever more complex global business environment. <br> The keynote speaker was Fons Trompenaars of Trompenaars Hampden-Turner Consulting (THT) who led a stimulating session on the critical function of global leaders in resolving dilemmas. The symposium also featured concurrent workshops by Fons on Global Diversity, Professors Allan Bird and Gary Oddou (Kozai Group) on <br> Global Competencies, and by IGB`s Masa Kawamura on financing for global M&amp;As. With more than 100 participants from more than 50 corporations in attendance, the event was judged an overall success. </font></p> <p style="text-align: center"><img src="images/Fons.jpg" width="142" height="118" align="middle"> <br> Fons, cross-cultural management guru</p> <p></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br> <img src="images/Bird.jpg" width="142" height="159" align="middle"> <br> Allan Bird in action </p> <p style="text-align: center"><br> <img src="images/Oddou.jpg" width="142" height="193" align="middle"> <br> Gary Oddou explains<br> </p> <p style="text-align: center"><br> <img src="images/IGB.jpg" width="227" height="121" align="middle"> <br> IGB Network<br> </p> <p style="text-align: center"><br> <img src="images/Participant.jpg" width="283" height="142" align="middle"> <br> The Participants<br> </p> <p></p> <hr width="100%"> <P></P> <p><font size="3" color="#FFFFCC"><b>Press Release</b></font><br> <br> THT`s eagerly awaited first books in the new Culture for Business Series have recently been published. The Culture for Business Series uses a new logic to look at issues facing business managers and leaders in today`s global, multicultural market . The series breaks away from traditional management texts that are overly influenced by Western research and thinking, and provides a new conceptual framework for dealing with the business implications of culture. As such, the aim of the series is to provide a practical toolkit for managers and leaders by helping them develop a new mindset for working with and across cultures. The four books in the series are:</p> <p align="center"><i>Business Across Cultures<br> </i> by Fons Trompenaars and Peter Woolliams<br> <br> <i>Managing People Across Cultures</i> <br> by Fons Trompenaars and Charles Hampden-Turner<br> <br> <i>Marketing Across Cultures<br> </i>by Fons Trompenaars and Peter Woolliams<br> <br> <i>Managing Change Across Cultures</i> <br> by Fons Trompenaars and Peter van Prudhomme</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br> <table width="0%" border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td><img src="images/Book_01.jpg" width="140" height="211" align="middle"></td> <td><img src="images/Book_02.jpg" width="140" height="211" align="middle"></td> </tr> <tr> <td><img src="images/Book_03.jpg" width="140" height="211" align="middle"></td> <td><img src="images/Book_04.jpg" width="140" height="211" align="middle"></td> </tr> </table> <p><br> Currently, the Culture for Business Series is available only in English. 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