Managerial Effectiveness in a Global Context.

In the past decade an increasing number of international managers from multinational organizations have participated in development programs at the Center for Creative Leadership. These managers work across the borders of multiple countries simultaneously. Working with these managers led us to ask fundamental questions about our current understanding of managerial effectiveness and whether or not it applied to managers who work in an increasingly complex global world. We asked ourselves: What do these managers do? Is it different from the work they did when they managed in their own countries, and if it is different, how so? What does it take for them to be effective when they manage across so many countries simultaneously? What do these managers need to know in order to be effective? What do organizations need to know and do in order to select and develop people who will manage and lead effectively in the global economy? Research designed to answer those questions provides insight into the work of global managers.