Global Leadership Biases - Nu Leadership Series

Men cease to interest us when we find their(2002) maintained that globalization fosters new
limitations. The sin is limitations. As soon as you onceopportunities that require new capabilities. Therefore,
come up to a man's limitations, it is all over with him.this categorization can hurt global leaders. For
Emersonexample, if an American manager perceives Asians as
How can globalization create issues for organizations?non-assertive and bad communicators, it can hurt him
Currently, there is a shortage of global leadersin negotiations and slant his decision-making.
because they are difficult to develop (Black, Morrison,Moarquardt and Berger (2000) argued that global
& Gregersen, 2002). Global leaders can have amindsets shouldn't be exclusive, but inclusive.
great impact on society. Global leaders can changeEffective global leaders become sensitive to cultural
the world. However, who wants to admit he or shediversity and open to exchanging ideas and concepts
is racist? Everyone who has a prejudice isn't racist.across borders. Therefore, a global leader must be
However, I do think our Western views skew oursensitive to the international community.
perception of the global community. This is aReferences:
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