Complexity, Diversity, and Uncertainty-The Shaky New Ground for CEOs

Top executives in multinational companies face a set of challenges that grow, ever more complex. Today's CEOs and other senior executives differentiate themselves and their companies by demonstrating better use of "head, heart and guts" in their leadership skills and behaviors. Some l...

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Published in:People and Strategy 2008-04, Vol.31 (2), p.44
Main Authors: Dotlich, David, Cairo, Peter, Rhinesmith, Stephen
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Chief executive officers
Collaboration
Communication
Executives
International finance
Leadership
Managerial skills
Multinational corporations
Skills
Success
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Summary:Top executives in multinational companies face a set of challenges that grow, ever more complex. Today's CEOs and other senior executives differentiate themselves and their companies by demonstrating better use of "head, heart and guts" in their leadership skills and behaviors. Some leaders are more likely to become unbalanced by seismic shifts than to think clearly, feel deeply, and act decisively. Most global companies today have evolved toward some form of matrix in order to remain responsive, innovative, and flexible. Today, diversity is more about influence with and the involvement of key stakeholders. The ability to identify with another person's perspective -- a perspective that differs significantly from your own -- is how relationships are built and collaborations are enhanced. When leaders are not empathic, they have difficulty building trust. Some CEOs make the assumption that they can talk people into trusting them; that if they communicate how much other people and their goals mean to them, trust will naturally follow.
ISSN:1946-4606