Transcript Global Leadership Competencies

Global Leadership
Competencies
David Whitfield, Ed.D.
Gonzaga University-Doctoral Program
School of Professional Studies
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Global Leadership Defined
• A process leading to curiosity, exploration,
discovery, accountability, and trust,
implemented across borders
• Ability to unleash human potential and
leverage the richness that lies in cultural
diversity (Rosinski, 2003)
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Global Leadership Requires
Competencies
Specialists
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Global Leadership Competencies
• Cultural
• Political
• International
• Technological
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Essential Specialists
• Business Manager
• Country Manager
• Functional Manager
• Corporate Manager
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Political Competency
Seek to understand:
– Policy and power goals
– Local and economic implications
– Different governmental structures
– Decision-making processes
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International Competency
See the world as:
– Diverse, heterogeneous community
– Different fiscal, social, political, and
communication systems
– Influential - how these systems affect each other
– Interrelated to your goals
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Technological Competency
Work to identify and monitor:
• Needs or gaps
• Capabilities and limitations
• Relationship to cross-cultural
communication
• Integration of communication, collaboration,
and trust
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Essential Specialists
1. Business Manager
2. Country Manager
3. Functional Manager
4. Corporate Manager
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Roles of Business Manager
• Strategist
• Architect
• Coordinator
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Business Manager
• Identifies and monitors company’s globalscale efficiency and competitiveness
• Recognizes and creates opportunities and
minimizes risks across national and
functional boundaries
• Links and coordinates capabilities across
barriers
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Roles of Country Manager
• Sensor
• Builder
• Contributor
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Country Manager
• Builds local community and customer
relationships
• Responds to host government’s
requirements
• Supports corporation’s market positions
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Roles of Functional Manager
• Scanner
• Cross-Pollinator
• Champion
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Functional Manager
• Scans for learning opportunities and
spreads innovations
• Cross-pollinates knowledge, best
practices, detects trends and moves all
across boundaries
• Champions global teams
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Corporate Manager
• Leader
• Talent Scout
• Developer
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Corporate Manager
• Integrates the many levels of responsibility
working to balance negotiations among
the three
• Identifies and recruits: ensuring a diverse
global leadership team
• Develops business, country, and functional
managers to respond to global leadership
demands
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Summary--Competencies
• Cultural
• Political
• International
• Technological
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Summary--Specialists
1. Business Manager
2. Country Manager
3. Functional Manager
4. Corporate Manager
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A Must for Global Leaders
Open your mind to everything;
close it to nothing.
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