Global Issues and Perspectives Winter 2009

Ways Women Lead: A View from Four Countries
January 2009
Barbara Spraker, faculty, Center for Creative Change; Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program participants Claudine Zongo (Burkina Faso), Carol Mumba (Zambia), and Dyuti Baral (Nepal). Examining similarities and differences in how women's leadership is demonstrated and perceived in these four cultures, the panelists highlighted essential ways women's leadership contributes to the global community.

The Cultural Intelligence Approach
February 2009
Elisabeth Plum, Ph.D., related her experiences and findings regarding how to bridge and benefit from differences in culturally complex encounters. She is the author of Cultural Intelligence: the art of leading cultural complexity (2008). Plum is director of Plum & Co. (www.plum.co.dk) in Denmark and visiting professor at Middlesex University Business School, London (UK).

Return on Sustainability: How Business Can Increase Profits and
Address Climate Change
February 2009
Kevin Wilhelm, founder and CEO of Sustainable Business Consulting; adjunct faculty, Center for Creative Change, discussed his new book. His presentation highlighted the various ways in which climate change will impact business and how organizations can respond in a way that actually will improve profitability, brand value and environmental performance at the same time.

Finding the Road Home: The Impact of Cultural Reconnection
March 2009
Marcia Tate-Arunga, adjunct faculty, cultural custodian and co-founder of Cultural Reconnection Mission (CRM), has led numerous delegations from the United States to East Africa where cultural immersion in development projects with Kenyan leaders has led to transformative civic leadership and professional growth.