These days, all business is global and all markets are local, and business leaders must learn new ways to think and act globally and locally simultaneously to deal with today's unrelenting pace of change. Leaders have to learn to successfully confront new and frightening levels of chaos and ambiguity in a global environment.
Global leadership coaching empowers executives in international, multinational, transnational and global organizations maximize their managerial and leadership skills in a safe, neutral and objective environment.
Who benefits from Global Leadership Coaching?
- Senior executives including CEOs, officers, directors and mangers
- High-performing leaders
- Emerging leaders
- High potential executives
- Executives newly appointed to global assignments
- Small business owners and entrepreneurs with an international market
- Global teams
Why do it?
- To remove barriers to success in global leadership assignmets
- To strategize and clarify priorities in the global marketplace
- To improve communication skills, especially across cultures
- To improve management effectiveness with an international staff
- To enhance leadership skills
- To build global teams
- To facilitate decision making with a worldview
- To manage changing expectations, chaos and ambiguity in the global arena
- To prepare executives to move into an international assignment
- To increase the sphere of influence
- To enhance performance in unfamiliar territory
- To handle challenges and opportunities
- To improve conflict resolution skills
- To develop motivational skills
- To achieve career satisfaction
- To deal with the added responsibilities of a promotion
How do we do it?
Global leadership coaching takes 6 to 12 months for maximum impact. Ideally the coaching process begins prior to an overseas assignment and continues into the initial phase of the assignment when the client confronts the reality of working in another culture.
The logistical details of the coaching sessions are agreed upon by the coach and the client. Depending on location, time and cost constraints, and specific circumstances, coaching sessions may be in-person, via telephone or may be conducted virtually.
To begin, coaching goals and a timeframe are mutually agreed upon by the client, the organization sponsor (if applicable) and the coach. We then chart a course to clearly articulate your desired outcomes.
The second step is to take a both a values and a cultural inventory. A clear understanding of your own cultural values and behaviors is critical to understanding the cultural environment in which you will be working.
Next, we focus on developing the various aspects of leadership including acting as a role model; articulating and communicating your vision; enlisting others and creating a sphere of influence; building and motivating a loyal team; enabling your people through coaching; anticipating and managing change; and taking charge. All aspects of leadership are culture-challenged, and we examine all the possible avenues for adapting and managing cultural differences so as to maximize your impact as a global leader.
Finally, we establish a benchmark to keep you on track in polishing your global leadership skills, and we co-create a compelling contract to help you stay on course while navigating global waters.
"The only safe ship in a storm is leadership." – Faye Wattleson
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