The Leadership Book, 2nd Edition

International leadership culture

All international businesses need a leadership culture which binds disparate cultures together in a common purpose.

Frequency – permanent.

Key participants – all colleagues.

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Objective

I describe later in this section the challenges faced in thinking about international business development (see International strategy) and managing colleagues overseas (see Team members in other countries). Underpinning the entire enterprise of leading international teams in a robust strategic direction across territorial borders is the creation of a shared leadership culture which rises above and spans those very borders. This shared leadership is about those common values which all leaders in an ...