Educating for Global Leadership

International businesses have operations, partners, alliances and senior managers representing virtually every global region. Addressing the global-leadership gap must be an urgent priority for companies expanding their geographic reach. Effective leadership is key to business success, especially for organizations with international reach and status. This paper presents different views of the authors on the basis of theoretical studies and research. The authors came to the following conclusions. Firms will need a mix of regional and global leaders. If leaders want to succeed in today's volatile global economy, they must be prepared to do business all around the world. The global leaders should not seek to sever or hide their own roots to become global citizens. Global leaders need to understand the factors that shape international interactions in their businesses, by undertaking a structured examination of cross-country differences and their effects. That is what a survey of academic thought leaders recently concluded should be the focus of the globalization of curricula in the universities. Formal training programs can teach high-potential leaders the competencies they need to think globally and manage cross-culturally.