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Renowned executive coaches and global leadership strategists Jane Hyun and Audrey S. Lee offer lessons on the vital skill of "Flexing" - the art of switching leadership styles to more effectively lead people who are different from you, allowing managers to successfully manage the multicultural workers of today and tomorrow.Flex offers a proactive strategy for managers to navigate and leverage diversity effectively in this new global economy, showing managers how to: understand the power gap, the social distance between you and those in the workplace of different cultures, ages, and gender; flex your management style, by stretching how you work and communicate with others, and bridging the gap with more effective communication, feedback tools and building healthy teams; and multiply the effect, by teaching these skills to others and closing the power gap with clients, customers, and partners to create innovative solutions.



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Jane Hyun

Hi, I'm Jane Hyun, author of Breaking the Bamboo Ceiling (HarperCollins Publishers) and most recently published leadership book Flex: the New Playbook for Managing Across Differences.

For the past 14 years I have been a leadership consultant and coach to corporations (Fortune 500 and small companies) , nonprofit organizations and colleges/universities. Our firm's mission is to develop leaders who have the skills to succeed in today's complex, changing global business environment.

Before writing and consulting, I worked in a variety of management roles in finance, strategy, recruiting, talent development, team development, and human resources for JPMorgan, Deloitte, and Resources Global. After those corporate stints, I wanted to put my skills to work to help individuals understand the "unwritten rules" required to advance their careers.
Growing up bicultural, I experienced firsthand some of the cultural differences in the workplace that I describe in my first book. And though I speak and understand English (on good days) without difficulty, there are parts of me that are culturally Asian, and culturally American. It is this duality that I manage everyday that makes both my professional work and personal life exciting!

I believe that people's behaviors in work and life are guided by many unseen factors, which includes culture, values, faith, and a variety of other elements that need to be better understood by our organizations.

New York City is my home, where I live with my family, and in my (very little) spare time, I enjoy travel, film, and heart-to-heart chats with close friends over coffee. While I'm not an athlete by any stretch of the imagination, I love watching sports, including hockey, soccer, and basketball. My daughter got the athletic genes in the family!


My passion is to empower the next generation of leaders to put their talents and gifts to work. Thanks for visiting the site, and I'll keep you posted on my next book and research! Enjoy the read and I look forward to hearing from you. info@hyunassociates.com



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