Cultural Agility: Building a Pipeline of Successful Global Professionals

Succeeding in today's global economy requires organizations toacquire, develop, and retain professionals who can operateeffectively around the world, irrespective of country or culture.More than ever before, organizations need a pipeline ofprofessionals who possess cultural agility, the ability to quickly,comfortably, and successfully work in cross-cultural andinternational environments. As the competition for culturally agiletalent grows, meeting this critical human resource challengerequires highly effective, cutting-edge talent managementpractices. With step-by-step guidance and evidence ofeffectiveness, this book offers those critical practices—manywhich can be implemented today.

• Includes how-to details for implementing talent managementpractices to build a pipeline of cultural agile professionals inany organization
• Features illustrative examples from a wide range oforganizations, including the Peace Corps, the US Military, and manyFortune 500 companies
• Allows access to the Cultural Agility Self-Assessment (CASA),an interactive online assessment

This book is a must-have resource for human resourceprofessionals and all business leaders who know that the key totheir organizations' success in today's complex global economy istheir culturally agile human talent.