Leadership Responsibility to Prepare the Self

Global leadership concerns for the future. Identify the current global trends that you see driving a global leadership agenda.

In order to be a global leader, it is important for individuals to develop a global mindset. In order to develop and establish an exemplary global leadership, everyone should spearhead their mindsets to the organization of global business strategy (Rosen, 2000). Some of the current trends established to be the thriving force towards the establishment of global leadership agenda include, the establishment of broader strategies which ensure increased capacity of knowledge and skills to ensure clear and effective interconnectedness and response to the external business environment. Capacities of performance and cultural interaction in organizations policies and system have been enhanced to allow increased complexity in the establishment of global business strategies (Kramer, 2005). Many companies used to deduce a means to incorporate cultural, environment and social issues which will impact substantially to the organization. The change of the mindset of different organizations to establish strategic decisions to affect the business external environment and incorporate global complexities has driven many businesses towards the achievement of global leadership agenda.

Clearly link your leadership development needs to the applicable global trends.

Many people think of the establishment of a thriving business which could be recognized internationally. The development of plans and strategies that would effect changes that are likely to be established at the global level requires the inculcation of a complex global mindset. In order to keep up with the global leadership trends in business, connectedness, complexity and context are the most essential skills to be adopted. Context enables an individual to factor business strategies into processes, while complexity helps in the assessment of challenges and opportunities which assists in the construct of a flexible and innovative business environment. Connectedness on the hand helps an individual to understand various actors and stakeholders in the global business environment.

Analyze the emerging leadership theories that are appropriate for a global agenda

Leadership is defined to be a social and a mutual process in which actors involve in interactions which lead to the establishment of a collective goal. In order to develop global leadership, individuals should develop the global mindset (Bass, 2003). The development of distinct interaction and interconnectedness that facilitates the establishment of complex social and interpersonal relationships forms part of the strategies to develop global agenda in global leadership. Relational theory is one of the emerging theories established to provide an effective framework on the development of global leadership (Andriessen, 1998). Relational theory entails two major perspectives which include, the entity perspective which ideally focuses on the identification of individual attributes which assist in the development of interpersonal relationship. The relational perspective of the theory, views leadership as a social construct process through which the understanding of global leadership develops. These two perspective help in the development of a social construct which influences the emerging coordination and dynamism in the world of business.

Contingency theory on the hand, matches the leaders skills and capacities to appropriate situations. This theory purports that a leader’s ability to be successful depends on how their leadership styles fit to their situational context (Andriessen, 1998). This theory is mainly concerned with an individual’s leadership style and situations. It mainly evaluates the leaders through the LPC scale to determine their ability to be successful in a particular setting (Bass, 2003). This theory is purported to be effective in global leadership agenda since it helps in the assessment of the leader’s ability to become successful in a particular business environment. Path theory on the other hand deals with how leaders motivate subordinates in the accomplishment of designated theories. This theory helps leader in focusing on the relationship of employees and their work setting in order to help in development of employee satisfaction through effective motivation (Andriessen, 1998). This theory mainly entails the definition of the organization’s purpose, clarification of the path to follow, removal of obstacles through the assessment of the organizations internal and external threats and provision of support through distinct motivation of subordinates. This theory is effective in the development of global theory leadership strategies and agendas since it provides a leader with an exemplary framework that provides a practical model which focuses towards the establishment of purpose of the organization and utilization of employees’ energy towards maximum performance (Andriessen, 1998).

Select a theory that is appropriate for professional growth and for guiding an individual global agenda.

In the establishment of an effective professionalism, path theory seems to be providing a distinct and a unique framework which helps in the development of skills and capacity that facilitates global agenda (Bass, 2003). Path theory assesses the ability of the leader to establish interpersonal relationship between his or her subordinates. In order to become a global leader, the assessment of external and internal business environment is paramount in order to determine the opportunities and threats that are likely to impact the organizations goals. This theory also provides the leader with the capacity to provide support to the subordinates to ensure that organizations goals and effectively fulfilled. I think this theory is effective in professionalism growth in a business environment since it deals with the inculcation of the three unique skills required by a global leader in the development of a global mindset (Bass, 2003). The development of distinct social, environmental and cultural interconnectedness is purported to be one of the most essential global agendas. This theory provides a means for the establishment of sophisticated and advanced social and cultural constructs which facilitate business development globally.

Personal plan to develop your global leadership competencies

In order to become a global leader, one requires navigate through complexities and move beyond the traditional and local borders and develop new perspectives and experiences that enables them to become global leaders. A global leader develops their skills and capacities to incorporate both global and executive leadership competencies. The development of personal plan for global competency involves the establishment of leadership competency that enables the individual to lead the organization in the management of vision and strategies that enhances its performance (Kramer, 2005). Secondly, it involves leading self towards the demonstration of ethics and integrity, in the adaptability of leadership stature in display of drive and purpose.

Thirdly, it involves the development of plans to lead others towards the value of diversity and pre-existing differences and building trusts and effective teams which eventually enhances the organization performance (Andriessen, 1998). Global executive competencies, requires an individual to inculcate open minded thoughts and tactics towards cultural interest and sensitivity in order to deal with complexities in the global world. In order to grow and adapt effective skills to become a global leader, I am required to adopt the global leadership competencies and leadership competencies. The contingency theory can also be incorporated in order to establish the ability to become successful as a global leader.

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