Glocal Business Leadership

The second edition of this bestselling textbook has been fully updated with a synopsis of the latest changes in the fields of intercultural communication and leadership development. This includes new benchmark interviews from some of the world's foremost companies; a wealth of proven guidelines, tools, and models, including Wibbeke’s own Geoleadership Model and two new chapters focusing on the influence of gender and technology on culture and leadership. This new edition also emphasizes practical examples of individuals and organizations that have utilized the core concept of "geoleadership"—including updated research from those at the forefront of various industries, including finance, healthcare, and manufacturing. With contributions and endorsements from some of the most important thought leaders in leadership development and intercultural communication, this edition offers a resource for designing, delivering, and evaluating successful leadership theories and practices to both students and practitioners.

This book illuminates results from a wide-ranging, landmark study of global leaders and their world-class companies that proves that managers must understand, respect, and learn from a variety of national cultures to be successful--at home and abroad. 10 photos.

As the world has adapted to the age of digital technology, present day business leaders are required to change with the times as well. Addressing and formatting their business practices to not only encompass digital technologies, but expand their capabilities, the leaders of today must be flexible and willing to familiarize themselves with all types of global business practices. Global Business Leadership Development for the Fourth Industrial Revolution is a collection of advanced research on the methods and tactics utilized to succeed as a leader in the digital age. While highlighting topics including data privacy, corporate governance, and risk management, this book is ideally designed for business professionals, administrators, managers, executives, researchers, academicians, and business students who want to improve their understanding of the strategic role of digital technologies in the global economy, in networks and organizations, in teams and work groups, in information systems, and at the level of individuals as actors in digitally networked environments

To be successful, business leaders should be familiar with the emerging digital technologies that are contributing to the global business environment. All leaders must develop fresh capabilities if they are to successfully direct their communities through the emerging era of social digital connectivity and global dynamic complexity. Impact of Emerging Digital Technologies on Leadership in Global Business combines relevant theoretical and practical frameworks with the latest research and best practices regarding emergent digital technologies. This book is an essential reference source for professionals, researchers, academics, and students who want to improve their understanding of the strategic role of emerging digital technologies in the success of global business.

‘Glocal Business Leadership’ provides an invaluable reference point to understand how cultural differences impact upon leadership styles and practices. This new issue of our ongoing leadership series presents country-specific analyses of culturally endorsed leadership practices and styles in the countries: Canada, Iraq, Jordan, Latvia, Namibia, Poland, Taiwan, United Kingdom and Venezuela. This publication contains contributions from around 103 researchers from 27 countries who participated in the Cross-Cultural Business Skills elective offered by the Part-time Academy of the Faculty of Business and Economics at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences. The following people contributed: Adea Zaplluzha, Adelitha van der Zee, Ahla Uwimana, Ahlam Begashaw, Andreina Koolman, Ane Vasallo Urriza, Ane Zuaznabar Barreto, Anique Viscaal, Anthony Coebergh, Anthony Gummels, Arjan Jameii, Badria Arzin, Bart Koopman, Bas van Schaijk, Bas Westerdijk, Basel Abdulal, Batuhan Duğan, Benjamin Judet, Carlos van der Kooij, Charissa Kuijpers, Chiara Markx, Christian de Boer, Cisco Diepenhorst, Daniek van Bosbeek, Demi Bloemendaal, Dewi Lagerberg, Ece Zeybeker, Eline van der Meer, Eline Versleeuwen, Emily van Wees, Emma van Doorm, Esben Oppelaar, Eveline de Wever, Fabiola Barbara Mongo Angandji Ashu, Farah Ghafar, Fazla Rabby, Fleur Rewijk, Francisco Baigorri Hauen, Gui Mei de Jong, Inés Elcano Repáraz, Iñigo Moreno García, Jasmijn Clark, Johan Juffer, Jon Barrenechea Astuy, Jorden Stoevenbeld, Juanice Sarah-Lee Apollus, Judy Nader El Sayed, Kerim Caria, Kerwan Saraga, Kian van Leeuwen, Kimberly Haster, Kyle Budhu Lall, Laïla Faïz, Lennart Buijs, Lili Heeres, Lisa Swensen, Lorenzo Trupia, Lucas Baak, María Espinosa Gárate, Mariël Mensen, Марія Дмитрієва (Mariia Dmytriieva), Martine van Wely, Matthias Aarts, Megan van Zijp, Michelle Muije, Mohammed Attaheri, Nadya Parera, Natalja Sluijs, Nathalie Spaargaren, Nicolas Kort, Niels Brouwer, Niels Mallant, Nikos Patsoulas, Noura Hofman, Patty de Groot, Pieter van Ockenburg, Quinten van Vuuren, Rey Janzen, Riccardo Fasciano, Roberto Siero, Rümeysa Ekinci, Ryan Cullimore, Ryan Schulze, Sara Feham, Siebe de Reus, Silke Roest, Sinem Boydaş, Solomon Isikima, Sophie Tricot, Suzy van den Bosch, Tao Liao, Thijmen Visser, Thijs Hekman, Tim Kolk, Tim Leebeek, Tim Reijn, Timo Pool, Wahid Alizada, Wesley Stüger, Wessel Rövekamp, Yanou van Raad, Yara Khudeir and Zita van Werven.

The widening gap between the requirements of multinational organizations and the strategic and managerial abilities of their leaders, many of whose core experiences predated the globalization of business, has created the need for this book. Editors Mark E. Mendenhall, Torsten M. Kühlmann, and Günter K. Stahl have organized the results of their research—and that of their colleagues in the fields of leadership development, international management, and organizational psychology—for the benefit of scholars and practitioners alike. After surveying current practices to bring the reader up to speed on global leadership development as pursued by the United States, Germany, Japan, and with regard to women in leadership positions, the book's focus shifts to a discussion of effective organizational processes. In the third and final section, contributors analyze the research that has been done on extending human resource management functional practices—such as selection instrumentation, the use of assessment centers, multinational work groups, cross-cultural training programs, and repatriation policies—to global leadership development. The editors define and analyze global leadership and, in their review of the research, clarify exactly what we know and don't know about developing global leadership skills and what it might be profitable to learn. Practitioners will benefit from the contributors well-grounded insights into such issues as the key distinctions between global and domestic corporations, which dimensions of competency transcend internal corporate leadership dimensions, and how global leadership competencies should be developed.

In 1994, Terence Brake co-authored the book doing Business Internationally, which provided comprehnsive guidelines for individuals and organizations working across cultural borders. The Global Leader is a follow-up to this successful book, and focuses on the urgent need for companies to build cultures that develop global leaders at all levels. Filled with input executives and senior managers from leading global companies like Avon, Bechtel, Colgate-Palmolive, Huges Electronics, and International Flavors and Fragrances, this guide provides the reder with valuable insights into: Organizational capabilities needed to build and sustain global competitiveness. A leadership process that transforms the challenges of global competition into world-class performance. culture-building tools that release leadership potential throughout the organization. A change process for managing deep cultural transformation.

Written by three leading thinkers in the field of sustainability, All In defines the essential attributes of high-impact corporate sustainability leadership and describes how companies can combine and apply those characteristics for future success. All In draws on research involving thousands of experts globally as collected via the GlobeScan-SustainAbility Leaders Survey over two decades. The book also reveals insights from dozens of interviews with Chairs, CEOs and Chief Sustainability Officers of pioneering companies, including 3M, BASF, BP, DuPont, Google, GE, Huawei, IKEA, Interface, Marks & Spencer, Natura, Nestlé, Nike, Novo Nordisk, Patagonia, Shell, Tata, Toyota, Unilever and Walmart, explaining how they have gained recognition, created value and boosted resiliency based on their sustainability leadership. All In also outlines what the private sector must do to lift sustainability performance, protect business's license to operate and help deliver the UN Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. This unique book, rich with quantitative and qualitative insights, offers current and aspiring business leaders a succinct overview of the most important developments and trends in corporate sustainability and responsible leadership. All In will also appeal to others interested in why sustainability has become a critical mainstream business issue. With a foreword by Dan Hendrix, Chairman, Interface, and afterword by Paul Polman, CEO, Unilever.