Leadership in Action: A View on Global Leadership

A View on Global Leadership

Adel Safty

As we approach the next millennium, the world faces a growing number of economic, political, and technological challenges that significantly affect people no matter what national or cultural borders they live within. Our primary resource for meeting such challenges is leadership, but the practice of leadership that works across borders—what is often referred to as global leadership—is relatively new, and our understanding of it is still evolving.

Recently, I have had the opportunity to think at length about global leadership, and the privilege to interact with a large number of both distinguished and emerging ...