Global Leadership Practices Competencies for Navigating in a Complex World, Second Edition

This forward-thinking book explores global leadership and the complexities inherent in its practice. Conceptual knowledge, learning tools and reflective exercises stimulate the reader to delve into self-development and to recognize how to develop competencies that lead to global collaboration. The book also illustrates specific practices that address the challenges of diversity, equity and inclusion and provides reflections on the role of global leaders in guiding and advancing sustainability transformation.

Special Features:

• Rich material to stimulate reflection and activities for leadership development
• Case studies with in-depth cross-cultural analysis spanning multiple continents
• Interpretive and critical leadership analyses and approaches beyond mainstream leadership theories
• Supports present and future global leaders in acquiring the competencies needed to act in an effective, responsible and sustainable way

Global Leadership Practices is imperative for graduate students of international business and management, leadership and business economics. Due to its practical insights that aid navigation through complex leadership challenges, this book is also a vital resource for leaders and practitioners working in global environments.

Edited by Bettina Gehrke, Bocconi School of Management, Bocconi University, Italy, Marie-Thérèse Claes, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria, Daniela Pauknerová, Prague University of Economics and Business, Czech Republic, Ina Aust, Professor of Human Resource Management and Corporate Social Responsibility/Sustainability, Louvain Research Institute in Management and Organizations (LouRIM), Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain), Belgium and Roger-Matthew Bell Lambert, ESADE Business School, Universitat Ramon Llull, Spain