What Makes a Successful Global Executive

Even organizations with long histories and considerable success in staffing their global businesses often feel their strategies for executive development are inadequate. This article, based on an in-depth study of successful global executives,seeks to identify the best ways of developing their talent - arguing that they are made, not born. The authors found that the underlying development processes are the same for global as for domestic executives, but that the experiences they need and the lessons they must learn are very different. The article discusses these and what both the organizations and the executives themselves must do to make it all happen.