Diana K. Rowland is an author, cross-cultural training pioneer, and professional skydiver.

Biography

Early travel

Diana K. Rowland started her cross-cultural learning by leaving the United States at the age of 17 in 1968, flying to Luxembourg by an Icelandic Airlines turboprop plane. She traveled throughout Europe and North Africa for a year then took a 53-day overland bus from Europe to India in 1969 (later referred to as The Overland or hippie trail).[1] She lived in India for two years before taking an East Germany freighter to Japan. Living in Kyoto, Japan for the next seven years she applied herself to becoming fluent in speaking and reading standard Japanese, as well as in Kyoto and Kansai dialects.

Skydiving

Rowland began skydiving in Japan in 1976,[2] and has written a Kindle book about that experience.[3] After returning to the U.S. she made 1,200 jumps, organized many world-record skydives including the largest formation at night,[4] professionally taught advanced free fall skills, and organized commercial jumps for advertisements.[5]

Some of her skydiving experiences in Japan and the U.S. have been documented in More Skydivers' Stories: Close Calls & Epic Feats Above Planet Earth.[6]

Business life

In Japan, Rowland taught Japanese businessmen and worked for a Japanese trading company in the U.S. after her return. Experiencing the conflict between the U.S. business style and the Japanese, led her to write the bestseller, Japanese Business Etiquette: A Practical Guide to Success with the Japanese [7] (Warner Books, 1985, 1993), which sold 100,000 copies and was translated into five languages.

In 1985 she founded the oldest still-existing cross-cultural training firm Rowland & Associates Inc, now IntXel, Inc. Rowland sits on the Board of Directors for the Japan Society of San Diego & Tijuana and was also on the faculty of the University of Southern California's Marshall School of Business’ Executive Programs for 11 years.

Writing

Books

  • Japanese Business Etiquette: A Practical Guide to success with the Japanese [8]
  • International Excellence: Seven Critical Strategies for Personal and Professional Success[15]

Kindle books

  • Japanese Business: Rules of Engagement (Amazon.com: Japanese Business: Rules of Engagement eBook: Diana Kathleen Rowland: Kindle Store)
  • Japanese Business Communication: Lost in Translation? (Amazon.com: Japanese Business Communication: Lost in Translation? eBook: Diana K. Rowland: Kindle Store)
  • Global Competence: A White Paper (Amazon.com: Global Competence: A White Paper eBook: Diana K. Rowland: Kindle Store)
  • BANZAI!: Japanese Business Lessons from a Skydiver (Amazon.com: BANZAI!: Japanese Business Lessons from a Skydiver eBook: Diana K. Rowland: Kindle Store)
  • Japanese Subsidiaries in Mexico (Amazon.com: Japanese Subsidiaries in Mexico: A Cross-Cultural Audit eBook: Diana K. Rowland: Kindle Store)

References

  1. ↑ "Road Trip to Afghanistan: Snapshots From the Lost Hippie Trail". Messy Nessy. 11 March 2014.
  2. ↑ Rowland, Diana (January 1981). "Star Light, Star Bright, Biggest Star I Saw at Night". Parachutist. United States Parachute Association. 22 (1): 21 and 22 and 24.
  3. ↑ BANZAI-Japanese Business Lessons from a Skydiver. International Excellence Books. 7 July 2017. Retrieved 2019-02-05 – via www.amazon.com.
  4. ↑ "Us Team (USA) (12677)". World Air Sports Federation. 10 October 2017. Retrieved 2019-02-05.
  5. ↑ "The Bankers Trust Company philosophy". Business Week. McGraw-Hill (2821): 112 and 113. 19 December 1983. ISSN 0007-7135.
  6. ↑ More Skydivers' Stories, published by Amazon KDP Services, ISBN 9781796451788
  7. ↑ Diana, Rowland (1993). Japanese business etiquette : a practical guide to success with the Japanese (Updated and revised second ed.). New York. ISBN 0446395188. OCLC 26504842.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  8. ↑ Diana., Rowland (1985). Japanese business etiquette : a practical approach to success with the japanese. New York: Warner. ISBN 0446389439. OCLC 232656684.
  9. ↑ Diana., Rowland (2010). Japan-Knigge für Manager (4., überarb. u. aktualisierte Aufl ed.). Frankfurt am Main: Campus-Verl. ISBN 9783593393322. OCLC 659774441.
  10. ↑ Diana., Rowland (1994). Japan-Knigge für Manager. Frankfurt/Main: Campus-Verl. ISBN 3593350629. OCLC 75389440.
  11. ↑ Diana., Rowland (1986). Zaken doen met Japan. Mebius, Bert. (1e dr ed.). Zutphen: Thieme. ISBN 9003900531. OCLC 64369856.
  12. ↑ Diana., Rowland (1988). Japansk affärsetikett : praktisk handledning för att nå framgång hos japaner. Kellerman, Hans., Mori, Yasuhito., Bohusläningen). Göteborg: ISL. ISBN 9176980162. OCLC 186434592.
  13. ↑ Diana., Rowland (1994). Japanese business etiquette (New, updated and rev ed.). London: Warner. ISBN 0751506214. OCLC 30036549.
  14. ↑ Diana., Rowland (1987). Japanese business etiquette. London: Sphere. ISBN 0722174985. OCLC 16833594.
  15. ↑ Christopher., Engholm (1996). International excellence : seven breakthrough strategies for personal and professional success. Rowland, Diana. New York: Kodansha International. ISBN 1568360827. OCLC 32969358.
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