https://www.linkedin.com/posts/columbia-university-human-capital-management_hr-strategy-activity-6807679349928673280-wpCM
The GlobalScot organization aims to connect organisations in Scotland with worldwide business and community leaders. These leaders offer one-to-one support, global market knowledge and contacts to businesses expanding into or out of Scotland. Scotland offers a unique environment, services, and opportunities for businesses. Thank you to John Lowe of Hilltop Global Partners for nominating me!
See more about the programs at: https://www.globalscot.com/home
#globalbusiness #birchtreeglobal #Scotland #globalization
If you don’t and you need to travel, you may be in trouble. Watch this informative investigative report from my colleague Bill Liss.
He shares the current issues with regard to passports and travel….
https://www.11alive.com/article/travel/review-us-passports-before-traveling/85-489f019f-ee2a-4090-b2f0-ab9cb02986af
#travel #businesstravel #passports #expatriates #birchtreeglobal
Wendy Pease does a great job interviewing business people and highlighting the importance of language and communication in global business. Thanks for interviewing me on the show! Here is the link to the program.
https://lnkd.in/gH8qdvz
#globalbusiness #globalbusinessservices #birchtreeglobal #globalmarketentry #janetlwalsh #wendypease
The staff of Birchtree Global are pleased to be featured in Trevor Williams article on the Global Market Entry Academy at the World Trade Center Atlanta.
Thanks Trevor and Global Atlanta!
https://www.globalatlanta.com/world-trade-center-atlanta-launches-global-market-entry-academy-in-bid-to-broaden-services/
  (Press release from the Explorers Club) We are proud to announce that Richard Garriott LM’98 has been elected as the Club’s 45th President. Jeff Bezos MN’14 has been named our Honorary Chairman, and Buzz Aldrin MED’76 has been named Honorary President. “There have been so many hardships this year, with expeditions being canceled or delayed. Now, with many of us returning into the field, it is humbling to be selected to serve as the next president of the prestigious Explorers Club,” said Richard Garriott, President of the Club. “The pursuit of exploration and the unknown has inspired me since I was a young child. I am happy and excited to lead the Club into the future. Under Richard Wiese’s guidance, the Club worked hard to expand our members and to reach new, younger and also more diverse explorers and scientists. We will continue these efforts to attract and empower new and current members who will take exploration into the next generation. I know having Jeff Bezos as our Honorary Chair, and Buzz Aldrin as Honorary President will help accomplish this goal!” “We live in an era of dynamism and growth, and it’s up to us to pass that along to our grandchildren and their grandchildren,” said Jeff Bezos, CEO and Founder of Amazon, and Founder of Blue Origin. “The innovations, discoveries and optimism shared by the members of The Explorers Club are inspiring future generations to solve some of Earth’s greatest challenges, and I’m honored to be a part of it.” The Bezos Expeditions Apollo F-1 Engine Search and Recovery Team was awarded the Club’s Citation of Merit in 2014, for successfully locating and recovering the F-1 rocket engines that were used to propel the Saturn V rockets into orbit during NASA’s Apollo missions in the 1960s and 1970s – including the center Rocketdyne F-1 engine that launched the historic Apollo 11 spacecraft which carried Aldrin to the moon. Bezos was later awarded the Club’s Buzz Aldrin Space Exploration Award in 2018 for his work with Blue Origin. “I have always loved The Explorers Club and I am thrilled and honored to accept this position,” said Buzz Aldrin, Lunar Module Pilot for Apollo 11. Well-known as the second man to walk on the moon, for which he was awarded The Explorers Club Medal alongside Neil Armstrong and Michael Collins on behalf of NASA in 1971 – Buzz is also a former aerospace engineer and fighter pilot, selected as part of Astronaut Group 3 in 1963, and piloting Gemini 12 in 1966, on which he preformed 3 EVAs. Garriott follows Richard Wiese as the Club’s President. Bezos is succeeding Kathy Sullivan as Honorary Chair, and Aldrin is following Bertrand Piccard as Honorary President. We’d like to extend sincere thanks to Richard, Kathy, and Bertrand for their incredible service to the Club. |
Here is an outstanding investigative report from award-winning investigative reporter Bill Liss showing how the Atlanta Symphony has adapted innovative strategies to play on during the pandemic. Great ideas here for musical organizations.
https://www.11alive.com/article/news/entertainment-news/atlanta-symphony-orchestra-operations-during-pandemic/85-d4c3a55b-e2be-4415-b5c9-6fba38e70a45
#atlanta #atlantasymphony #BillLiss #symphony
Birchtree Global, LLC is pleased to announce Bruce Meyer has joined the firm as the Chief Marketing Officer. Bruce’s distinguished career includes helping companies like 3M, ADP, and Arthur Anderson grow their businesses. Bruce holds an MBA from the University of Georgia where he worked developing international business marketing plans for the International Trade Development Center. Bruce joins Marketing Analyst Kiley Hylton in expanding Birchtree’s global market entry suite of services.
The Global Market Entry Program is a prudent investment, for those considering conducting or expanding a business outside their home country borders in the next 18 months.
As documented in a recent Harvard study of 20,000 companies in 30 countries, companies selling abroad on average had a negative 1% ROA for up to five years after expanding globally. The economic impact on global business outlined in the Harvard study as well as first-hand, on the ground, leadership experience gained in establishing the legal, financial, tax, and human resources infrastructure in more than 81 countries prompted Birchtree Global LLC to write and make available the resources in The Global Market Entry Training Program.
Birchtree’s certified Global Market Entry Training Program curriculum was developed by senior corporate executives with “boots on the ground” experience in global market entry and is taught by former or current Fortune 500, INC 500, and Private Equity firm C-Suite executives with significant corporate experience in the management of foreign operations.
During the course, participants will build a competitive and actionable global market entry strategy that will increase financial performance and mitigate risk. Upon completion of the course, graduates will be able to execute a faster global market entry strategy, reduce risks, increase customer satisfaction, manage effective compliance, lower costs, and increase global bench strength, thus enabling greater ROI and higher financial returns.
Graduates will gain an actionable knowledge base, connections required to develop, execute, sustain, and manage a profitable global growth strategy. Hosted by the World Trade Center Atlanta Academy, participants receive an executive mentor and one-year complimentary membership in the World Trade Center Atlanta.
Additional information can be found on https://www.wtcatlanta.com/academy/. For information on the course material, email information@birchreeglobal.com or call 01.770.361.8285.
Outstanding Harvard Business Review article on the art of understanding how people make decisions and come to conclusions. How do you plan to convince people to buy your product, employ your services? What will make you change your direction, hire certain people, take a different stand? Will make you really think….
https://hbr.org/2021/03/persuading-the-unpersuadable?utm_campaign=hbr&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
#persuasion #change #strategy #management #harvardbusinessreview
Our course in Leading Cross-Cultural Global Organizations was pleased to host Giovanni Giordano in class discussions. Giovanni’s executive HR experience includes BAT, Ferrero International, and Procter & Gamble. He led a spirited discussion on the role of #HR in cross-cultural strategy.
Tom Colella led Walmart’s International Executive Recruiting and Corporate Talent Acquisition Teams, was the Senior Client Partner and Global Practice Leader at Korn Ferry International and the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Manpower and Reserve Affairs. Tom taped his presentation and is following up by answering student questions on global staffing and #strategy.
Cathy Heyne, President, Living Abroad, and her team provided cultural assessments for each student, then compared the assessment with individual countries’ cultures.
Steve Safier, PhD