Bøger af Gary Moreau

After a long career filled with triumphant successes and devastating failures, American businessman Adam Bertrand is well accustomed to the ups and downs of life. Still, several years after starting a new life in the thriving, modern city of Beijing, China, nothing could have prepared him for the disaster that awaits him. Now, his wife and daughters are gone-his health, ravaged by a growing alcohol addiction. With no job and no sense of purpose, Adam flounders in a sea of loneliness and despair, desperate to fix the pieces of his broken existence. But through the unexpected power of human connection, a simple touch, he suddenly begins to rediscover exactly what he was missing all along. Now You Are Lisa follows one man's journey as he awakens to the presence of others around him, after a lifetime of being driven by achievement and success. Inspired by the example of a poor Chinese widow who crosses his path, Adam begins to discover the truth behind a life well lived-and the incredible strength that emerges when we manage to overcome the obstacles that life throws our way.

Understanding is a process that is largely independent of subject...Whether you are trying to understand the mating habits of the pygmy three-toed sloth or life itself, the process is pretty much the same. Gary Moreau, extensive global traveler and successful businessman, doesn't claim to have the answers to life-what one person could? But he has spent a lot of time thinking about the questions that inform his approach to life. This has led him to realize that everyone has the power to understand their own lives with the implementation of a few simple rules. Moreau dedicates a whole chapter to each rule-to each practice that provides context to life-covering topics such as listening, priorities, intent, time, and touch. Bridging Western and Eastern cultures and philosophies, Understanding Life doesn't try to provide a one-size-fits-all template for living, but rather it encourages readers to identify the uniquely individualized external factors they encounter and the personal and intricate internal values they use to navigate these factors. Forget what you think you know about life's meaning and your connection to it. Understanding Life will have you appreciating the dichotomy-the good and the bad-in life in a truly transformational way.

With the meteoric rise of China over the past decades comes an increase in the number of people who are drawn to the Middle Kingdom for travel and business, along with a corresponding surge in guidebooks on Chinese culture and business etiquette. But such books only brush the surface. Author Gary Moreau discovered the hard way that being an effective businessperson in China takes more than just learning what to expect and how to react in different situations. He realized he had to understand not just how our cultures differ but why they differ. In Understanding China, Moreau offers a fascinating exploration of why the Chinese exhibit different beliefs and behaviors, beginning by comparing the Chinese and Western worldviews as they evolved from the foundational influences of Confucius and Aristotle, respectively. Based on his personal experiences and observations from living and working in Beijing since 2007, the book discusses the significance of the Chinese worldview in the business climate, living environment, and politics of China. Whether your interest is in travel, living abroad, business, or gaining insight into one of the most important players on the world stage today, this engaging book delivers deeper understanding of this captivating culture.

Building and managing a large corporation on values such as honor, integrity, obligation, and trust may seem antithetical to achieving and sustaining business success. But if you want to engage your most critical stakeholders-your employees-at the highest level, those are exactly the values you must leverage and prioritize. It's not that companies ignore what seasoned business leader Gary Moreau calls the "soft tools" of business management. However, in placing more emphasis on the measurable tools of development and growth, such as quantitative marketing and financial modeling, executives tend to make the soft tools secondary when it comes to achieving their business goals. And without the real trust of those who do the work, companies won't grow in a sustaining way. In his latest book in the Understanding series, Moreau shows business leaders-especially those just starting out-how to establish real trust with those they lead and create an environment that is inclusive and appreciative of diversity, from culture and gender issues to leadership styles. Understanding Business: The Logic of Balance shows you how to balance soft tools with popular, measurable tools to improve company culture and achieve overall success.

In this new guide to American politics and economics, Gary Moreau wants to turn the "I" into "We." As he argues in We, Ourselves, and Us, Americans' cultural sense of individualism is hindering rather than helping the country. Moreau instead argues for a change to political, economic, and social systems to refocus them on the collective good. As he proposes this important change, Moreau argues that both major political parties are offering ineffective solutions to the problem, the model America was based on is no longer realistic for a modern society, both communism and socialism fail because they are still based on the idea of individuality, the unequal flow of power is responsible for a prejudiced and unbalanced society, the concepts of obligation and self-interest are intrinsically connected, individual advancement means nothing without collective advancement, and all of society is interconnected in nuanced and important ways. Moreau does not equate collectivism with communism or other political movements. He isn't arguing for the elimination of private property or other drastic changes. Instead, he simply gives you a new way of viewing systems of power and important suggestions that could lead to satisfactory results for the entire nation.