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Spotlight: Breaking the Bamboo Ceiling: Career strategies for Asians
By Jane Hyun

Notes provided by HarperCollins Business

Breaking the Bamboo Ceiling is an essential career guide for Asian Americans and their co-workers that explores how Asian culture is sometimes at odds with Western corporate culture - with strategies for bridging this costly gap.

Executive coach and diversity strategist Jane Hyun uses a combination of case studies, interviews, focus groups nd personal anecdotes to identify the issues and provide practical strategies for Asian Americans who want to be effective in the multicultural workplace. It also offers helpful advice for companies who want to realize the full potential of their Asian American employees.

Topics in the book include:


• The "Model Minority Myth" in The Workplace: Managing Perceptions and Stereotypes of Asians at Your Company
  
  
• Getting Ahead At Your Company Without Losing Sight of Your Asian Cultural Values
  
  
• How to Spot Diversity-Friendly Companies
  
  
• Getting Involved With An Asian Networking Group at Your Company
  
  
• Developing Self Awareness and an Individualized Career Plan
  
  
• Selecting a Career That Plays to Your Natural Strengths and Complements Your Cultural Attributes
  
  
• The Passing of the Baton: Giving Back to The Asian Community and Developing Future Asian Leaders

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PBWC Connections is pleased to present more great insights on bridging the cultural gap. For past PBWC president Jackie McNab's outstanding article, dlick here.