Chin-Ning Chu

The Working Woman's Art of Strategy

Meet the woman who Sony Corporation calls "...one of the greatest thinkers of our time."

For more information about Chin-Ning Chu, go to www.chinningchu.com

How would you like to meet someone who rubs shoulders with heads of state and CEOs of the largest corporations in the world, counts many Fortune 500 companies among her clients, and is a go-to person for Larry King? Her work is highly regarded by global media, including The Financial Times, USA Today, The Washington Post, SUCCESS Magazine, Asia Inc, The Asia Wall Street Journal, and CNN (where she is a frequent guest). She has been featured in cover stories by worldwide publications from the notable international editions of People Magazine, Vogue, Bazaar, Marie Claire, Elle, and People's Daily of China to publications and television shows from Peru to Malaysia. She is even featured in a new book called Success Classics, (Nicholas Brealey Publishers, UK) on the cover of which 12 names appear including Ben Franklin, Andrew Carnegie, Napolean Hill and Chin-Ning Chu

Chin-Ning Chu was the featured luncheon speaker on April 7, 2004!

LUNCHEON TOPIC:
Chu’s luncheon topic The Working Woman’s Art of Strategy has universal appeal and is for all working women – astronauts to stay-at-home mothers! (Men will learn much by attending also.) Explore the delight of winning without confrontation.

In 1949, at the age of three, Chin-Ning was forced to leave behind her family fortune and flee China to Taiwan. In 1969, with just two suitcases in hand, she left Taiwan to begin her new life in the United States. Today, Chin-Ning is an international best-selling author. Her works include The Working Woman’s Art of War; Do Less, Achieve More; Thick Face, Black Heart; Journey to the City of Prosperity; and The Asian Mind Game. She has readers in more than 60 countries. She is the chairperson of the Strategic Learning Institute and President of Asian Marketing Consultants, Inc. She is the founder of Strategic Learning Foundation, a non-profit organization that has educated and supported women world-wide. Copies of The Working Woman’s Art of War will be available exclusively at the SWN meeting. Ms. Chu will be signing books after the meeting.

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING

Working Woman's Art of War
Working Woman's Art of War continues Chin-Ning's tradition of excellence estabished by her prior best-selling books. She combines depth of knowledge and insights to encourage women to turn liabilities into assets and achieve their full potential, both professionally and at home.
--Caroline Marks, Commissioner, San Francisco Commission on the Status of Women

Chin-Ning Chu has been a follower of spiritual teachings that are closely aligned with Mahatma Gandhi's for decades. In Working Woman's Art of War, she has unleashed women's innate power to achieve their noble objectives of equality and moral supremacy. Yet, while her strategy is internally challenging to the practioners, it remains always externally peaceful towards others.
--Kristi Gandhi, Co-Founder, Women WorldWide

Working Woman's Art of War is a guidebook that dispenses a pwerful perspective and dynamic strategies for each woman to get ahead, and to be ecstatically happier in the twenty-first century.
--Sonal Patwari, Mahatma Gandhi's Great Grandniece

Thick Face, Black Heart
Awakens our commitment to hard work, unshakable strength in overcoming adversity, and the courage to be true to one's convictions. An inspiration for all managers and entrepreneurs.
--Kenneth Blanchard, Ph.D., coauthor of The One Minute Manager

Chin-Ning Chu has written inspiring lessons on building inner strength. Gripping stories and principles reach from the mists of Chinese history to present-day entrepreneurial America. At once mystical and pratical, this book will rearrange your brain and recharge your spirit.
--Duncan Anderson, editor, Success Magazine

This is for the housewife and the CEO, the fallen boxer and the victorious commander-in-chief. It is rapacious and tender, phyical, mental, and above all, full of timeless spirit. If you have ever searched for the seeds that sprout passion, compassion, and success in any day and age, you want to read this book
--Thom Clandra, San Francisco Examiner

Do Less, Achieve More
In a chaotic world reeling in fast-forward Chin-Ning---the twenty-first century change master--slows our heartbeat and inspires our soul-deep yarning for authentic, lasting success. Timeless wisdom combined with timely counsel on winning from within.
--Dr. Denis Waitley, author of The Psychology of Winning and Seeds of Greatness

WORLD'S FOREMOST AUTHORITY
Chin-Ning Chu, a direct descendant of the Royal Ming Dynasty, is regarded as the world’s foremost authority on the practical application of Sun Tzu’s Art of War, an ancient strategy treatise written in 460 B.C. and once used to determine the fate of nations. It is widely believed that Napoleon read and adopted many of Sun Tzu's strategies. Today, it is an internationally popular business management resource, and during Desert Storm, every officer in the U.S. Marines was issued a copy of the Art of War as standard battle gear! It is now, according to Chin-Ning, the ultimate guide for women!

The art of war is universal. It is about the art, not the war. For 5000 years Chinese philosophers had devoted their time to observing and documenting nature’s secrets and the subtle patterns that govern it. Sun Tzu based his Art of War principles on these philosophical observations of the laws governing the universe. Sun Tzu’s “art of war” is based on five principles:

• Tao (moral standing/universal righteousness);
  Studying the tao of strategy will help you bring forth your brilliant ideas on the job andinyour home. (18) Empathy and cooperation will be the superior qualities in the 21st century. (24) If you don’t like how others treat you change the way you perceive yourself. All successful women worldwide have one thing in common: they don’t acknowledge the glass ceiling.(39)
  
• Tien (timing);
  Being in line with timing allows you to take advantage of the force of momentum, and momentum gives power. When you have timing with you, you are unstoppable. And that is what is happening to women as we enter the new millennium. In this new century women will be an unstoppable force. We are moving from the Industrial Revolution to the Information Revolution, from his-story to her-story, from the Man’s Century to the Woman’s Century. (58)
  
• Di (assets and liabilities);
  “When one obtains victory by modifying her tactics, in relation to her opponent’s, she is a divine warrior. –Sun Tzu (6.32) The essence of “di” is to take what we cannot change and put it to work for our benefit. Being a woman can work for you or against you. Every liability is a strength in disguise.
• Jian (leadership);
  For men and women alike the lack of personal power is the root of all of our problems. The world abuses those who are weak and wimpy; be they men or women, young or old, at work or on the playground. Power has little to do with being confrontational; it is about capturing and exhibiting the proper attitude. When we’re too attached to consequences we undermine our own clarity and we actually lose our power. Nothing gets done without a leader. (161) Good mothers and good leaders share 5 qualities: wisdom, trustworthiness; benevolence; courage; strictness.
• Fa (managing and discipline).
  “Eat what you kill” is the secret to operating any corporate or entrepreneurial project. To translate this statement into today’s modern marketing and sales terms: Create results. (193)

GLOBAL PARTICIPATION
In the diversity and multi-cultural arena, Chin-Ning participates globally. She has worked with the Peruvian Government, Malaysian bankers, Southeast Asian and Pacific Island business leaders, the Chinese Government, Japanese and Korean multinational conglomerates, and American and European Fortune 500 companies in developing business strategies and cross-cultural training. When the world encountered collisions of culture such as the caneing incident in Singapore, CNN’s CrossFire interviewed Chin-Ning in an attempt to understand. When North Korea provoked the U.S. with their threat of nuclear escalation and when Japan and the U.S. were facing bitter trade conflicts, Larry King came to Chin-Ning for solutions.

CORPORATE FANS
Chin-Ning has two seeming disadvantages in the corporate arena: she is female and she is Chinese-American. However, seventy percent of her fans, audiences and readers are influential corporate businessmen. She will share the secrets of smashing the glass ceiling, being the exception to the rule, and turning apparent liabilities into assets. Chin-Ning dispenses a powerful perspective and dynamic strategies for each woman to get ahead. She assists women in becoming winners in the workplace and in improving family relationships. She weaves diverse elements of strength, strategy, pragmatic enterprise and personal growth into every topic she addresses. Chin-Ning’s speaking style is energetic, truthful and humorous while her message is profound and thought-provoking.