Global Leadership

Tuesday, 9 a.m., your boss asks you to come into his office. He smiles at you and says: “Congratulations! You are our new Global Head of Purchasing”. Don’t panic. If you think your new position as a global leader sounds

While the brain is full, fat and happy, your results are still the same. Nothing changed. This is a typical phenomenon I have seen so many times in the field of leadership and coaching.

…and the results they deliver. The truth can set you free, but it will piss you off first…

Globalisation in business, management and leadership often disorients the very people who are supposed to provide orientation to others.

Why leadership programs, based on Baby Boomer experience in a world without internet and cultural intelligence, are not designed to address the challenges of the 21st century.

Why global management decisions like shorter product-development cycles or open office space can quickly fall apart if not translating well from one business culture to another.

Being a global leader is not merely the presence of the circumstances. Having to manage an international team doesn’t mean you are a global leader. You have to become one. Read this article on the five lessons you should definitely

Just as leadership in itself, being a great global leader takes a particular set of competencies, that are a combination of hard and soft skills.

As more top managers seek to develop their global skills through going on international assignments, they should be aware that the definition of qualitites of a good leader is a matter of culture.