The Leadership in Action Series

Organizations that have operations around the globe havebecome the norm rather than the exception. This meansthey need leaders with the requisite skills-including internationalbusiness knowledge, cultural adaptability, perspectivetaking, and innovation-to respond effectively to thechallenges and complexity of global leadership. This collectionof seventeen pieces-written by the Center for CreativeLeadership's highly experienced and knowledgeable facultymembers and researchers as well as by prominent practitionersand scholars in the fields of leadership and leadershipdevelopment-explores the important topic of leading theglobal organization from a number of angles. What canorganizations and leaders do to develop the skills needed toexcel in a global context? How can global leaders managethe relationship between corporate headquarters and localoffices? How can organizations best handle the challengeof boundary-spanning leadership? Readers will come awaywith newly found knowledge on these and other questionsand newly formed thoughts on how they can successfullymeet the demands of leading the global organization.