The Leadership Shift: : The Strategic Positioning of Latino Business Leaders - Paperback

by Cristina Benitez (Introduction by), Nilda Perez (Author)

The Leadership Shift: The Positioning of Latino Business Leaders is an experience that sequentially builds bringing the reader on a journey from the early history of the Latino in the U.S. to an in-depth understanding of who the new Latino is. By understanding who the Latino is, what qualifies the Latino for business leadership, what trends the Latino can capitalize on, and how Latinos in the U.S. are better equipped than they recognize. The awareness that there is a rapid increase in the Latino population and that technology has catapulted globalization boosting the need for multilingual and multicultural individuals puts Latinos at the forefront for assuming leadership roles. The intention of this book is to set the framework for understanding what you, the Latino/a, bring to the leadership role and to enforce the urgency to develop skills for this shift. The idea is to help Latinos recognize their innate traits upon which they can build and to provoke Latino preparation for roles in business leadership. What you will learn: - The history of the Latino in America - hindsight, insight and foresight - The infrastructure of Emotional Intelligence of the Latino - The core beliefs, values and ethnics of the Latino - How the global drivers of change will realign the Latino positioning - How to apply strategic foresight planning to Latino business - The spiritual element of spirituality in Latino business

Author Biography

Nilda Perez holds a doctorate in Strategic Leadership, focused on Global Business and Strategic Foresight from the school of Business and Leadership, Regent University, Virginia Beach, VA., in 2013. Nilda is a published author, keynote speaker, consultant, and coach. She has specialized in business training and workshops that focus on creating and enhancing business. She trains using a series of modules, all of which are geared towards leadership, core values and ethics, emotional intelligence, creative mindset, drivers of change, strategic foresight, and spirituality in the workplace. Her focus is training the Latino business owner with business development strategies. She is also the Founder of the Aspire 4 Life Inc(TM), and the Latino Academy for Business(TM). Both focus on 21st Century business development. Her background in psychology, social theory, systems theory, future studies, business, and in-depth passion for research create a unique from which she offers uncommon perspectives for massive change. The Latino Academy for Business(TM) is equipped to thoroughly train businesses with cutting-edge strategies for growth and sustainability. The highly qualified staff whose goals are to help you achieve your business goals. Through education we build any size business and assist in elevating the leadership of staff to achieve their highest performance. A4B creates a partnership with business so together we can create solutions that are often difficult for businesses to achieve individually. We offer a series of training sessions and workshops which concentrate on bringing businesses through the 21st century successfully. We are proficient in both English and Spanish and offer every consultation, coaching, training, and workshop in English, Spanish and bi-lingual (both languages simultaneously) formats. This helps the growing number of Latino businesses to take advantage of these trainings in their native language. Our goal is to help you achieve your business goals with techniques that are current, relevant and have the ability to catapult your business to unprecedented levels.