Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Global Leaders
Mark Frederick, Ph.D.
Director, Global Talent Management
IOR Global Services
mfrederick@iorworld.com
Objectives for this Session
What challenges do
leaders face in the
global marketplace?
Leadership Challenges of Globalization
• Useful for:
– Identifying global
leadership talent
– Building talent pools
– Creating a baseline
measurement for
development
– Tracking progress
over time
GCI: Global Competencies
Inventory
• Created by Kozai Group:
5 leading academics in
the intercultural field
• High degree of reliability
and validity (both
content and construct)
• Looks at 3 major
abilities and 16
competencies:
– Ability to learn
– Ability to develop
and manage
relationships
– Ability to manage
self
GCI: Global Competencies
Inventory
• Useful for:
– Identifying global
leadership talent
– Creating a
developmental
measurement
– Building a
coaching
developmental
plan for leaders
CWq: Culture in the Workplace
Questionnaire
• Assesses cultural value preferences
that impact work style
• Based on the research of Geert
Hofstede conducted over the past
30 years
• Examines 5 major behavioral
dimensions:
Individualism
Power Distance
Certainty Sample
Achievement
Time Orientation
• Contrasts personal results with the
results of 5 different countries for
comparison
CWq: Culture in the Workplace
Questionnaire
• Useful for:
– Raising awareness of
cultural differences
– Improving knowledge
base of cultural
workplace behaviors Sample
– Gap analysis to
consider degree of
cultural adaptation
– Discussion / analysis
of team and company
culture
Building an Effective Global Leadership
Development Program
• Get support from “the top”
– Budget
– Sponsorship
– Visibility
– Active participation
• Identify stakeholders and align with other areas
i.e., Talent Management, Organizational
Development, Human Resources, Learning &
Development
• Have business unit leaders identify and suggest
candidates
• Use assessment tools to create talent pools
– Integrate reports and results with your talent
management software platform or intranet
Building an Effective Global Leadership
Development Program
• Create and BRAND rotational programs
for the various regions in the
organization
– Make sure the regions are ready!
• Develop and offer educational sessions
for learning and self-awareness
leveraging the experience of global
assignees
• Identify, develop and assign mentors for
younger leadership prospects
• Use assessment tools to measure
developmental progress and build into
the performance management system
Any Other Thoughts? Questions?