Essentials Of Global Leader - Nu Leadership Series

Men cease to interest us when we find their limitations. Sin has limitations. Just once come to a man's limitations, it is all over with him.

Emerson

The global environment of 21 st century requires a different type of leadership. In the past, the world was predictable and stable. Today, there is uncertainty about what the future holds. Therefore, organizations can benefit from a new leadership paradigm for global markets. Moarquardt and Berger (2000) has identified eight critical skills needed by leaders of the 21 st century:

(1) a global mindset,

(2) learning and teaching skills,

(3) a servant-steward relationship to your organization,

(4) systems of thought,

(5) spirituality and a concern for ethics,

(6) the willingness to embrace new technologies,

(7) innovation and risk taking, and

(8) vision-building.

In addition, Black, Morrison, and Gregersen (2002) suggest that every world leader has a set of global features, including curiosity, perspective, character and common sense. Hamel (2002) argued that these turbulent times are forcing organizations to adapt. In fact, the expectation of these relationships can affect the strategy of intercontinental organizations of today. The forces of globalization organization to think differently. The results have transformed modern principles of leadership. The new leader must be sensitive to the needs of international stakeholders because globalization has created particular, international relations. In addition, Jreisat (2004) argued that globalization provides an interconnection intercontinental and deepening of relations' throughout the world in all aspects of contemporary social life, from cultural to the criminal, the financial to the spiritual. "Therefore, today's leaders must transform their organizations and relationships.

References:

Black, J., Morrison, A., and Gregersen, H. (2002). Global Explorers. New York: Routledge.

Jreisat, J. (2004). Governance in a globalized world. International Journal of Public Administration. 27 (13, 14). pp. 1003-1029.

McCall, M. and Hollenbeck, G. (2002). Developing Global Executives. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press.

Moarquardt, M. Berger, N. (2000). The global leader for Century.Albany 21, New York: State University of New York Press.

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