Asians Coming Together

You are cordially invited to a round table with Derrick Doi and Nick Lim on 12/18/2007 from 4pm-5:15pm at Balsam conference room located on the first floor at 70 Linden Oaks.

Derrick Doi is Vice President of Business Integration and Market Development for the Xerox Global Services organization.

Nick Lim is Vice President of Strategy and Business Development for Xerox Global Services organization.

If you want to learn more about XGS organization or if you want to learn more about Derrick’s and Nick’s success stories, please come to the round table.

Registration is required. Seats are limited. Please use this web tool to register.

E-Week’s list of Top 10 Women in IT is especially exciting this year.

#2 is our own Xerox CEO Anne Mulcahy

#8 is Motorola Executive VP and CTO Padmasree Warrior

While Asian women are making strides in leadership positions, it’s very exciting to be recognized by industry magazines for contributions.

Xerox has been recognized by two leading Latino magazines, LATINA Style and Hispanic Business, for actively promoting and nurturing diversity within the corporation.

“At Xerox we continue to benefit from our culture of diversity and inclusion,” said Phil Harlow, chief diversity officer at Xerox. “It’s not just how we run our business, it’s the only way to achieve success in today’s marketplace…”

MSN-Money article

In honor of India’s 60th Independence Day, here are a few links commemorating this landmark anniversary.Here’s a special report featured in Time magazine online that dives into the history, the people and the future.

Thanks to Ronna Treier for passing along these articles from the The McKinsey Quarterly, focusing on India’s economic contributions.

• India’s economic agenda: An interview with Manmohan Singh
• China and India: The race to grow
• Why believe in India

Once you’ve finished the last Harry Potter book, check these other books to spring some magic into your career. If you have other recommendations, please let us know!

Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High

by Kerry Patterson et al.

Learn how to handle the most intense conversations and drive the most effective results. These skills are not limited to professional conversations, but can be applied to other social situations.

Know-How: The 8 Skills That Separate People Who Perform from Those Who Don’t

by Ram Charan

We focus too much on superficial things, like raw intelligence or a commanding presence, and don’t pay near enough attention to the skills leaders need. In his new book, Charan identifies the eight skills leaders must develop and refine, and explains how personal traits factor in.�

Managing Multicultural Lives: Asian American Professionals and the Challenge of Multiple Identities

by Pawan Dhingra

This is a study of Korean-American and Indian-American upwardly mobile professional communities in TX. The results are interesting as the author identifies how their lives are cultural hybrids — marginalized and mainstream in a post 9/11 America.