Global leaders are team players: Developing global leaders through membership on global teams

Global teams today make an increasing number of decisions in multinational organizations, addressing challenges broad in score and critical to performance. An additional role of global tea-Ins is discussed here-providing ideal training for future global leaders. After reviewing the Knowledge and skills global leaders Meed, the article describes three group processes for global team effectiveness: mapping, bridging, and Integrating. The effective global team as a rich context for developing global leadership knowledge and skills is then explored. Specific ways in which human resource mangers can support global teams to maximize both team performance and global leadership? development are identified. (C) 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.