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Worldly Women
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Worldly Women

The New Leadership Profile; How to Expatriate With Excellence

iUniverse, 2013 plus...


Editorial Rating

8

Qualities

  • Innovative
  • Applicable

Recommendation

Increased globalization, a worldwide talent shortage and a general acknowledgment of the need to develop more female executives combine to create new opportunities for women pursuing international leadership roles. “Your time is now,” say international HR professionals and authors Sapna Welsh and Caroline Kersten. Not only is the glass ceiling breaking, international “glass borders” are showing some cracks as well. Basing their global leadership model for women on in-depth interviews with 62 “Women in Senior-level Expatriate Roles” (WiSERs), Welsh and Kersten identify the barriers to expatriate assignments and offer strategies for succeeding in overseas jobs. Although the authors’ persistent reliance on statistics makes for occasionally tedious reading, they include enough in-her-own-words case studies to hold your interest. getAbstract recommends their advice to professional women who are considering an expatriate assignment or are about to leap into one. Bon voyage.

Take-Aways

  • Intensified globalization, a worldwide talent shortage and a dearth of female executives create a demand for women professionals to take expatriate assignments.
  • Women must outperform men to break the “glass border” and obtain a job abroad.
  • “Women in Senior-level Expatriate Roles” (WiSERs) find international assignments professionally and personally beneficial. They help their firms gain a competitive edge.

About the Authors

Sapna Welsh and Caroline Kersten, founder of Kersten HR Consulting, are co-partners in Leverage HR, LLC, an international career coaching and counseling firm.