The Importance Of Global Leadership

Leadership is not only something occurring in our nation, but also globally. In global leadership, one should understand you are not dealing with one particular culture, but many that are interwoven to make up the body of the organization. Patterson, Dannhasuer, and Stone open up the word global leadership by only looking at the word “global” to possibly mean “one world” (Patterson Dannhasuer, and Stone, 5). Northouse implies that since globalization has come, leaders need to make sure to be capable in cross-cultural awareness and practice (Northouse, 383). Javidan and Walker believe that global leaders should be able to navigate through increased difficulty in organizational cultures, management practices and recruitment of top talent which should be focused on developing the human resources professional in organizations (Javidan and Walker, 37). Patterson, Dannhasuer, and Stone advise you cannot run from globalization and leaders have to learn to embrace it in order to be able to move forward (Patterson, Dannhasuer, and Stone, 5). In order for a global leader to be successful, there are some areas that should be developed. In this article, we will view these areas that should be developed; look at a study that was done on participants who

Matthew states, “A global leader is to have a global vision and a mindset that is captive to the changing and the unfolding global events and trends in the arena and international business (Matthews, 40). Nixenberg suggest one should appreciate the cultural differences: not just differences in conventions regarding how work gets done – but people’s underlying belief and behavior systems (Nixenberg, 17). Furthermore, Nixenberg advises the leader should have looked at it from three different perspectives: intrapersonal, interpersonal, and intercultural (Nixenberg,