Finding the King of the Corporate Jungle: A Leadership Fable

By Karri T. Perez and Richard S. Colfax

Adam, the lion in charge of Rainbow needs to fi nd a leader for Red, one of his regional operations. Following traditional models, he brings in various leaders from outside the community. After they each fail, he looks inside the Red community for local talent. There he learns that the usual models may not work and other options can be successful.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Nov 30, 2020
• ISBN: 9781664145283

Karri T. Perez

Richard S. Colfax is a Professor Emeritus of Human Resource Management at the University of Guam, and a business consultant in the Guam-Micronesian Region. He has a Ph.D. in Human and Organizational Systems and numerous professional certifications including Global Professional in Human Resources (GPHR), SHRM Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-SCP), Human Resource Management Professional (HRMP), Lean Six Sigma Black Belt (LSS-BB), and Certified HealthCare Professional (CHRP). He is the Guam Case-Carnegie Professor of the Year (1999). Karri T. Perez was a tenured Associate Professor of Global Resource Management at the University of Guam, and a seasoned international executive with experience in Japan and Micronesia. She had a Ph.D. in Human and Organizational Systems and certified as a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR), Global Professional in Human Resources (GPHR), Project Management Professional (PMP), and Six Sigma Green Belt (SS GB). She is remembered fondly and lovingly by her family, friends, and colleagues around the world.

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Rev. date: 11/30/2020

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

To both our spouses and children,

Thank You for your encouragement and support.

We also want to thank the University of Guam

and our colleagues at the School of Business

and Public Administration

for their encouragement.

We want to recognize that

the Artwork was contributed

by Professor Ric Castro’s Advanced Illustration Students

at the University of Guam:

John San Augustin

Ping-Yung Kuo

Ronald P. Labrador

May you always look first in the home jungle for talent.

FOREWORD

Diversity and inclusion – making sure that what we do as leaders is inclusive of everyone’s talents and has sustainable, positive results on the communities in which we live.

These are admirable ideals, but sometimes, history and our own comfort level with doing things the way we’ve always done them - with people who are from our comfort zone may keep us, as global business leaders,