Adult Development Theory May Boost Global Leadership

Michael H. Hoppe

Individuals in global leadership roles need help acquiring the necessary experiences and requisite skills to succeed. Research in the field of adult development points to the potential for deriving a framework for global leadership development from this field. An adult development perspective on global leadership may make us realize that the majority of leaders function at a developmental level that rarely does justice to the complexities, diversity, and changes around them.

Anyone in a global leadership role has been given a tall order. The nature of the global leadership environment—increasingly volatile, uncertain, complex, ambiguous, culturally diverse, intricately intertwined, ...

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