By Thomas Despres

In 1996, Tom Despres was living a perfectly fulfilling life. He was moving up through the ranks of major corporations, was an Adjunct Faculty member at Campbell University, and was happily married and a father. When he decided to go international and accept a management position in Latin America, everything changed.

In The Cultural Connection: An Expatriate in Latin America, Despres shares the fascinating and challenging world of being an executive abroad. His leadership experience developed over six years in Mexico and four in Puerto Rico, have made him eminently qualified to lecture and advise on cross-cultural leadership and management. The reader learns about the values one must have in order to succeed in corporate Latin America. Despres is forthright about his career successes and offers valuable insight and guidelines to help the reader accomplish goals in a world where so many American managers and executives have failed. Read more »