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Ihavegatheredknowledgeandexperience,andfinally,Idecided
thatthetimehascomeformetoshareit.Mypreviouscompanyplayed
nosmallpartinit.First,theyprovidedmewithsolid,practicalbusiness
school.Ilearnedfrommanagersandleadersfromallovertheworld–and
then,theythrewcoldwaterinmyfaceandhandedmeonlyatowel.Afew
weeksaftermyfiftiethbirthday,Iwasinformedbymybossthatfurther
developmentofmycareerwouldhavetotakeplaceoutsideofthecorpo-
ratestructures–meaningGgoodbye”.Ihavealwaysconsideredmyself
tenaciousandunshakable,andIhavetoadmitthatIleftthecompanywith
agoldenparachute–butevenIcouldnothelpbutfallintothedepths.
Imanaged,somehow,tocontrolthefallsoasnottobreakmybones,by
realizingwhatIhadnow,andwhatwasworthtakingwithme.Inthechap-
ter,GThelandscapeafterthebattle”Isharehowtoovercomethisfall;how
toleaveacorporationandcheerfullymoveontothenextchapter.Afterall,
whatIwanttoexpressmostofallthroughoutthisbookishowtomanage
theplungeintointerculturalmanagementandcommunication.
Tothemanagersandleadersworkingininternationalenvironments,
Isay:ratherthanmakingquickjudgments,youshouldremembertoaccept
andunderstandthisoftenunstudiedandunknownworld.Iwillshowyou
howtotameyourinitialreactions,toallowyoutoinsteadattemptsolu-
tionstriedandtrueinmanyculturesandmanyorganizations.Iwillshow
youhowtotakeastepback,outofyourownperspectiveandingrained
thoughtpatterns,toappreciatethebeautyofdiversity.
IrekZyzański
www.zyzanski.com
