BDA Press Briefing at NY Foreign Press Center
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
New York Foreign Press Center
WHAT: New York Foreign Press Center On-The-Record Briefing
TOPIC: Global Launch of CultureSpan: A Workshop in Global Corporate Diplomacy -- CultureSpan is the first intensive workshop of its kind built upon the GLOBE research conducted in 60 countries. Developed by Global Executives and Scholars for Global Executives through a strategic partnership of Business for Diplomatic Action & Thunderbird School of Global Management. In an age of hyper-globalism and a waning economy, U.S. business must be surefooted in knowing how to engage with the rest of the world to maintain a competitive edge. In response, the nation¿s top business-led public diplomacy advocate and the No. 1 school of global management education are joining forces to help multinational corporations better understand foreign cultures in order to operate more successfully and diplomatically across borders.
BRIEFERS:
Dr. Mansour Javidan, Dean of Research, Thunderbird School of Global Management
Thomas A. Miller, Vice President, Business for Diplomatic Action
(biographies below)
WHEN: Friday, September 19th, 2008, at 2:00 PM
WHERE: New York Foreign Press Center, 150 E. 52nd St., fifth floor
Contact: For further information, please contact Eric Terrell at terrellew@state.gov 212-317-8333
Action requested: If you wish to attend this event, please reply via e-mail.
Background on CultureSpan
Business for Diplomatic Action is committed to finding business solutions for public diplomacy efforts. To that end, BDA released a World Citizens Guide for Executives last spring; a pamphlet including 16 tips for global executives. The response from companies was overwhelmingly positive as over 15,000 copies distributed within weeks of the Guide¿s first print-run. In addition, BDA heard from numerous executives and companies asking for an intensive course that would build off of and pair with the Guide.
BDA¿s focus has always been to keep things simple, to provide tangible tools that would help global executives understand and develop cross-cultural communications ¿ in effect to help executives; especially American executives build bridges to the world. In developing the content behind CultureSpan BDA partnered with Thunderbird, consistently ranked the #1 school globally for their Global MBA program as well as their pioneering work like the GLOBE research program in 60 countries.
The purpose of the CultureSpan, a one-day intensive workshop on Global Corporate Diplomacy, is to provide a framework for understanding and working across cultures, building and managing global teams, as well as cultivating tools that lead to a global mindset among participants. CultureSpan is based on the GLOBE research program covering 60 countries around the world and is the first workshop of its kind. Executives of every level, including veteran global business managers, will derive an entirely new way of understanding and working with the world after participating in the Culture Span workshop.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
To learn more about Business for Diplomatic Action, please go to: www.businessfordiplomaticaction.org Copies of our World Citizens Guide for Executives can be obtained at www.worldcitizensguide.org. Please contact us with any questions.
For one-to-one interviews with Dr. Javidan and Mr. Miller please contact Cari Guittard, Executive Director, at 415.732.3620 or on Cari.Guittard@sf.ddb.com.
MANSOUR JAVIDAN
A multiple award-winning executive educator and author whose teaching and research interests span the globe, Dr. Mansour Javidan received his MBA and Ph.D. degrees from the Carlson School at the University of Minnesota. He is Dean of Research and Garvin Distinguished Professor at Thunderbird School of Global Management in Arizona.
Mansour is the President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the world-renowned reseearch project on executive performance and leadership, titled GLOBE (Global Leadership and Organizational Behavior Effectiveness). As the primary editor and writer of the recently published GLOBE book, he is the co-principal investigator of the GLOBE Phase 3 research program. The book was the recent winner of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology¿s (SIOP) award competition for "The M. Scott Myers Award for Applied Research in The Workplace.
Dr. Javidan has been designated an Expert Advisor (Global Leadership) by the World Bank and the U.S. Army. He is also on the Board of Directors of Business for Diplomatic Action (businessfordiplomaticaction.org). He has designed and taught a variety of executive development courses, offered and facilitated workshops, conducted consulting projects, and made presentations in over 20 countries around the world. His publications have appeared in such journals as Journal of International Business Studies, Strategic Management Journal, Academy of Management Executive, Leadership Quarterly, Management International Review, Organizational Dynamics, Journal of Applied Behavioral Sciences, and Human Relations, Journal of World Business, Journal of Organizational Change Management.
A proven academic, Dr. Javidan took a four-year sabbatical from his university teachings to work with the CEO of TransCanada PipeLines, a multi-billion dollar Canadian energy company. Dr. Javidan was instrumental in helping the CEO develop new directions and strategies, and facilitate cultural change within the company and its pipeline business. He was directly involved in the acquisition of a $15 billion corporation, at the time the largest such merger in Canada. The merger resulted in the formation of the fourth largest energy services company in the world. He established a process for new business development that involved over 200 employees throughout the company and produced new business ideas estimated to produce $50 million in net after tax earnings.
Dr. Javidan is the Senior Editor, Global Leadership, for the Journal of World Business. He just completed a three-year term on the editorial board of the Academy of Management Executive. He was recently elected a Fellow of the Pan Pacific Business Association and was named in Lexington¿s 2001/2002 Millennium Edition of the North American Who¿s Who Registry and Empire¿s 2003 Who¿s Who Registry.
THOMAS A.W. MILLER
Tom Miller is a noted market researcher, marketing strategist and public opinion pollster who has worked with Fortune 500 clients on major global assignments for 30 years. He is a founding Board Member of Business for Diplomatic Action (BDA) and, since 2006, serves as its Vice President.
With Business for Diplomatic Action, Tom oversees a number of public diplomacy program initiatives, including the World Citizens Guide program and the development of the CultureSpan course on global corporate diplomacy in partnership with the Thunderbird School of Global Management. Tom is also responsible for developing BDA¿s strategic plan for the organization¿s future initiatives and growth.
Prior to joining BDA, Tom was Regional Senior Vice President and Managing Director with Ipsos Public Affairs. He was responsible for directing global and domestic public affairs research assignments for public, private and not-for-profit sector clients based in the United States and oversaw the Associated Press/Ipsos poll.
Before Ipsos, Tom was Managing Director and a Board Member with the Roper Organization, one of the world¿s leading public opinion and market research firms. At Roper for 20 years, Tom managed all of the company¿s consumer and public opinion insight services both in the United States and globally; oversaw Roper's brand strategy, international research, and marketing consulting practices; and managed the teams devoted these businesses in the company's New York, London, Hong Kong, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Dallas offices.
Prior to joining Roper, Tom was Managing Director of Hudson Research Europe, a futures think-tank based in Paris, France, where he managed the Hudson's consulting practice, directed its conference programs, and was editor of its bi-monthly newsletter of international forecast, The Hudson Letter. He also supervised the GLOBE Project, a comprehensive social, economic and political risk forecasting service for 40 countries, conducted in collaboration with Chase Econometrics of the United States. His articles and opinions have appeared widely in the global media, including The New York Times, The International Herald Tribune, London Times, Le Monde, Advertising Age, Marketing News, Public Opinion, Agence Economique et Financiere, Asahi Evening News, Asia Media Week, and many others. He has appeared on numerous television and radio programs. Tom received his B.A. magna cum laude with distinction in the major from Yale University, and his M.Sc. from the London School of Economics. He lives with his family in Manhattan.
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Eric W. Terrell
Director, New York Foreign Press Center
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terrellew@state.gov
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