One of the books I read in preparing for a new leadership course on negotiation I taught this year was Robert Azar’s Negotiating in Asia: A Practical Guide to Succeeding in International Negotiations. …
Tag: Diversity
Quick Review: Identity and Violence
I have been slow to post a quick review of Amartya Sen’s Identity and Violence: The Illusion of Destiny, but I wanted to post just to draw some attention to it as most people…
Quick Review: The Little Book of Racial Healing
The Little Books of Justice & Peacemaking is a great series of books that convey key arenas of scholarship, theory, and methodology in manageable sizes (about 100 pages each book or 1/2…
Quick Review: Leading Multicultural Teams
I’ve been crashing through different resources as I prepare for a new leadership course on teams and just finished Leading Multicultural Teams by Evelyn & Richard Hibbert. This is a book on…
Quick Review: Cross-Cultural Connections
In light of my most recent cultural re-entry back into a foreign culture, I thought it good to go through Duane Elmer’s book Cross-Cultural Connections. I’ve read several intercultural books lately so I’ll…
Quick Review: Exclusion & Embrace
I finally finished Exclusion & Embrace: A Theological Exploration of Identity, Otherness, and Reconciliation by Miroslav Volf. I bought this in 2012 and started it, then got distracted by moving to the…
Quick Review: Interfaith Just Peacemaking
I just finished not too long ago the book Interfaith Just Peacemaking: Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Perspectives on the New Paradigm of Peace and War edited by Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite. This was…
Quick Review: Cultural Intelligence
I was able to read recently Cultural Intelligence: Surviving and Thriving in the Global Village by David C. Thomas and Kerr Inkson. There is a newer edition out than the one I…
Quick Review: The Culture Map
I’ve been going through Erin Meyer’s The Culture Map: Decoding How People Think, Lead, and Get Things Done and I’ve found extremely helpful for me in my context. If you’re just stopping by, I’m…