AMERICAN WOMEN CAN BOOST THEIR CAREERS BY GETTING OUT OF THE OFFICE

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(Free-Press-Release.com) October 25, 2008 -- One American author thinks that women are bypassing a huge opportunity that men take without a second thought. “There’s a perception that men are more effective than women in international business. Some executives are hesitant to select a woman for a foreign assignment, and some women are hesitant to take an international trip.“ says Paula Williams, the author of the American Businesswoman’s Politically Incorrect Guide to Bangalore. “But women are missing out on a huge opportunity to make valuable contacts and enhance their careers.”

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AMERICAN WOMEN CAN BOOST THEIR CAREERS BY GETTING OUT OF THE OFFICE

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Over one hundred international corporations have major offices in Bangalore, India. Orchestrating business operations across the globe sometimes requires in-person visits, and the vast majority of management employees making those visits are men.

Williams wrote the book as a result of her experiences in India, and her conversations with other American women who expressed misgivings about international business travel because of things they’ve heard. Most of these misgivings are simply fear of the unknown, which can be easily dispelled with some good, clear, unfiltered information. She said that information currently on bookstore shelves is outdated, not specific to a particular destination, or frank enough to be helpful to women traveling to this extremely popular business destination.

“There are a lot of books out there, and before my trip this year I bought and read a huge stack of them! What I found was not that helpful. I needed one small section from each of these huge books to plan my trip. Many books are just for tourists, some books are too general by region, most books are too sanitized to talk about real issues and concerns, and all but a very few of the regional business etiquette books applied only to men!”

Businesspeople in Bangalore are very open, warm and helpful to American businesswomen, but there are some cultural expectations that one needs to be aware of. An American woman can unintentionally make her Bangalorean co-workers uncomfortable. There are some very simple ways to improve the experience for everyone.

Besides gleaning the relevant pieces from the available literature, Williams interviewed many men and women in Bangalore and the U.S. for the book. The slim 80-page volume also includes many photographs and illustrations. “It’s not enough to read about a place like Bangalore. You have to see it. Even that’s not enough - but I haven’t figured out how to make the book smell like coconut chutney or the spice market.”


The American Businesswoman’s Politically Incorrect Guide to Bangalore will be available from www.BangaloreForBusinesswomen.com on November 19, 2008 and will be available in e-book and printed format.

More information can be found online at http://www.bangaloreforbusinesswomen.com

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