Debjani Mukherjee Biswas - Unleash the Power of Diversity: Multi Cultural Competence for Business Results

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2013 by Debjani Mukherjee Biswas. All rights reserved.

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Edited by * Barbara Weinberger * Niket Biswas * Ellen Linden
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Cover design by * Niket Biswas

Published by AuthorHouse 07/18/2013
ISBN: 978-1-4817-6075-1 (sc)
ISBN: 978-1-4817-6074-4 (hc)
ISBN: 978-1-4817-6076-8 (e)

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Library of Congress Control Number: 2013910164

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To my mother, Reba Mukherjee: you anchor my life with your deep and innate kindness, mental strength, and unconditional love. Your biggest gift is the unshaken belief that I canand willunleash the power that lies within us all.

To my family who are friends (some in spiritDadumoni, Bappi, Baba, and Kudy) and to friends who feel like family: the journey starts and ends with you.

To Marshall Goldsmith: your support and encouragement is a huge gift. Thank you seems inadequate.

To clients and session participants all over the world: this book is bolstered by the powerful learning and life experiences you trusted me with.

Finally, for every leader and individual who seeks to leverage diversity as a competitive advantage: this book is for you.

Austria: Debjani Biswas is a brilliant and very inspirational woman. Her thorough knowledge and thinking in the intercultural field is what we need globally now more than ever.Cornelia Kalcher Tsuha, Founder of Global Success Coaching

Australia: Im delighted to know that Debjani Biswas is sharing her expertise in Unleash the Power of Diversity: Multi cultural Competence for Business Results. Debjanis ideas are clear, groundbreaking, and practical. The learning from her ideas has continued to influence my interactions and ways of thinking in powerful ways. Once this book is available, I plan to devour more of Debjanis insights and frameworks for my own personal growth and for the development of my professional capacity to contribute to local and global communities characterized by respect and diversity.Andrea Dean

Canada: Debjani Biswas is an excellent communicator and someone who demonstrates a real commitment to supporting change. I appreciate Debjanis advocacy for diversity because now more than ever we need all hands on deck!Alison Hendren, MCC, CEOof Coaching out of the Box

Germany: As an Indian female engineer who spent two decades working in corporate America, Debjani Biswas can relate to the topic of diversity with good reason. Considering her individual journey through lifeher impressions, ideas, and the advice given in this book become tremendously authentic.Ladislaus von Daniels

Ghana: If youre searching for ways to increase your cross cultural effectiveness, immerse yourself in the Diversity Foray. With Debjani Biswas inspired guidance and practical toolkit, youll find yourself gazing into a mirror to see your cultural biases and examining options to improve everyday interactions. Using the tools provided, you can start adopting more effective behaviors and move towards becoming a diversity master.Linda Smittle, Peace Corps Volunteer

India: Debjani Biswas has, from a very young age, combined exceptional intelligence and diligence in equal measure. I wish her every successin the certainty that she deserves every bit of it.Mondira Jha

India: Delighted that Debjani is synthesizing her vast experience into a book. Knowing her as I do, I am sure her book will be full of wisdom, yet eminently readable.Rupa Mahanty

Japan: I believe Debjani Biswas is walking and living diversity. I had several coincidence eventsI would say synchronicityduring the International Coach Federation global conference in 2012 in London with Debjani. I think synchronicity is one of the most important diversity concepts.Susumu Araki, CEO, Global Management Development Inc.

Malaysia: This book is a must read for everyone interested in learning about diversity from a new, out-of-the box perspective. Debjani is presenting a new model that addresses diversity using a unique engineering principles based approach to cross cultural effectiveness. I am very happy to see how she has developed a set of very practical tools, using an original approach to leverage understanding between people from different cultures.Mario A. Bolanos

Nigeria: The first word that comes to mind when you meet Debjani is brilliant. She has been successful in a male-dominated field and that requires much applause. Debjani is an inspiration to women in science fields and will always be successful in all she does.Ronke Okpa

Norway: With smart differentiation and use of colorful words and concepts, Debjani Biswas has captured and explained the essence of different diversity concepts. In an easy and fun way, she manages to take us on a journey to identify certain patterns in ourselves and others without judging. It makes me want to read the whole book!Berit E. hn, MCC, Accenture

Sierra Leone: Debjani Biswas view of diversity as a strategy challenges us to leverage our rich, diverse, and multi cultural perspectives and insights and to make a difference in everyday interactions. This results in personal and professional development and growth, which, collectively, ultimately leads to organizational success. I am excited about the opportunities Debjanis counsel will unleash.Yinka Massally

Singapore: Knowing Debjani as I do, her book will be a huge successnot only for the thorough research she has done, but also for her analysis of this complex subject.Aditi Krishnakumar

United Arab Emirates: I am very privileged to have known Debjani Biswas. She is an inspirational role model. As her most recent accomplishment comes to light, I am very excited for her and wish her every success. I hope that her book contributes toward making our world a better place.Kshama Motha

United Kingdom: Debjani Biswas Diversity Foray is a mind-shifting insight and practical tool kit I am now using with my day-to-day personal and corporate clients. Learn this original coaching tool and you will see direct benefit. What I particularly like is the combination of practical insights (as a former executive of a Fortune 50 company) and an engineering background, applied in original frameworks to solve emotional, business-related diversity issues.