Are there distinct standards for women leaders in Asia and the West? How are Asian female leaders viewed? What are the prejudices and cultural barriers that they face? How are aspiration and ambition revealed? Among the issues covered in How Women Work: Fitting In and Standing Out in Asia are those mentioned above. This book uses working women's achievements and struggles to provide readers with lessons and learnings about leadership and success. It watches working women via a pan-Asian lens, from China to India, Singapore to the Philippines, and Japan to Thailand. According to all accounts, Asian women do not perceive "fitting in" and "standing out" as being mutually exclusive concepts. Instead, they see both as complementary. Asian women leaders that are successful do both on their own terms. With observations from women leaders as well as their male counterparts, How Women Work enriches and deepens our understanding of women leadership in one of the most dynamic regions of the world. It lays down the skills and strategies that work and the pitfalls to avoid for the modern working leader as she navigates the intricate ties between leadership and culture in the Asian hemisphere.