About the Author William Rhodes Chairman & President, Citibank Senior Vice Chairman, CitiGroup Bill Rhodes is the Senior International Officer for Citi. He has specific responsibilities for client relationships worldwide, as well as for relationships with governments and other official institutions. He is a member of Citi's Senior Leadership Committee. Mr. Rhodes headed the advisory committees of international banks that negotiated debt-restructuring agreements for Argentina, Brazil, Jamaica, Mexico, Peru, and Uruguay. In 1998, he chaired the international bank group that negotiated the extension of short-term debt of the Korean banking system. In 1999, he acted as worldwide coordinator to help implement the maintenance of trade and inter-bank lines by foreign commercial banks to Brazil. Mr. Rhodes joined Citibank in 1957 after graduating from Brown University. Mr. Rhodes is a Director of Banamex; a Director of the Private Export Funding Corporation; First Vice Chairman of the Institute of International Finance; Chairman of the Americas Society and Council of the Americas; Chairman of the U.S.-Korea Business Council; a Director of the U.S.-Russia Business Council; a Director of the U.S.-Hong Kong Business Council; a Director of the Korea Society; Vice Chairman of the National Committee on U.S. - China Relations; a Director of the U.S.--China Business Council; a member of South African President Thabo Mbeki's International Advisory Board; a member of the Inter-American Development Bank's Private Sector Advisory Board; a member of the International Policy Committee of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce; a member of the Board at the Foreign Policy Association; and a Trustee of the Economic Club of New York. He is also a member of the US-Brazil CEO Forum, a member of the Advisory Council of the Brazilian American Chamber of Commerce, the Council on Foreign Relations, and The Group of Thirty. Mr. Rhodes is a Governor and Trustee of The New York-Presbyterian Hospital; a member of the Lincoln Center Consolidated Corporate Fund Leadership Committee; and a member of the Metropolitan Museum of Art Business Committee and Chairman's Committee. He is a member of the Board of Overseers of the Watson Institute for International Studies at Brown University. He has received an Honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters from his alma mater Brown University, Chevalier and Officer of France's Legion of Honor, decorations from Poland, Korea, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Venezuela, Colombia, Panama and Jamaica, and multiple awards from not-for-profit organizations in recognition of his contributions to international banking and finance. Sheridan Prasso (New York, N.Y.) is an award-winning writer, editor and international specialist. Her reportage has taken her across Asia and the world, from China and Japan to India and Indonesia; her articles have appeared in The New Yorker, The New Republic, The New York Times, Travel + Leisure, The Los Angeles Times, and The World Policy Journal. Currently she is a Contributing Editor at FORTUNE magazine, an Adjunct Professor at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs, and an Associate Fellow at the Asia Society. Sheridan previously spent eight years with BusinessWeek. Sheridan holds an M.Phil. in Social Anthropology from Cambridge University, and a B.A. in International Affairs from George Washington University. She is active in the Council on Foreign Relations, the Asia Society, the Japan Society, the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations, and the Overseas Press Club.

Introduction; Lesson # 1: Exhibit bold decisive leadership; Lesson # 2: Envision problems early; Lesson # 3: Act Pro-actively; Lesson # 4: Timely execution; Lesson # 5: Seize opportunities; Lesson # 6: Understand local culture; Lesson # 7: Build concensus, innovate; Lesson #8: Stand up for what is right; Conclusion