Skéma Business School Leadership Session 3 PDF

SKEMA BUSINESS SCHOOL Leadership: Session 3  The Global Business Leader Case: An American in Paris Cultures and VABES Characteristics of Effective Global Leaders Overseas Experience Deep Self-Awareness Humility - From Good to Great...

SKEMA BUSINESS SCHOOL Leadership: Session 3  The Global Business Leader Case: An American in Paris Cultures and VABES Characteristics of Effective Global Leaders Overseas Experience Deep Self-Awareness Humility - From Good to Great Group Case Analysis THE GLOBAL BUSINESS LEADER Environmental Factors/Issues SELF OTHERS/ TASK PEOPLE ORGANIZATI ON WHAT IS CULTURE? ▶Explaining a culture to someone is like trying to explain a song without singing it. ▶Culture has many Geography Identity Levels: Human, Global Region, Nation, National region, City, Neighborhood, Family, Individual ▶Culture is a group of people who share a set of significant VABEs (Values, Assumptions, Beliefs, and Expectations) ▶What is the single most important important element of a global leader? The book from good to great says: Humility WHAT IS CULTURE (continued)? « Global Business Leaders must work across all of the categories of geographic identity, and to do so effectively requires (humility): the ability to respect the identities and affiliations of others….the single most destructive VABE is the “I’m Right and You are wrong!” VABE» --James G. Clawson Level Three Leadership CULTURES ARE A COLLECTION OF VABES Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions  POWER DISTANCE & MASCULINITY INDEX Power distance refers to the relationship between those in power and the subordinates in a society where lower ranking individuals depending on the high or low power distance culture react to that authority. In high power distance countries members of society accept that power is distributed unequally. In low power distance countries people strive to equalize the Masculinity stands for a society in which social gender distribution of power. roles are clearly distinct: Men are supposed to be assertive, tough, and focused on material success; women are supposed to be more modest, tender, and concerned with the quality of life. In high Masculine countries society at large is considered tough and competitive. In high Feminine countries society is consensus oriented and tender. Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions  UNCERTAINTY AVOIDANCE INDEX In cross-cultural psychology, uncertainty avoidance is how cultures differ on the amount of tolerance they have of unpredictability.... The uncertainty avoidance dimension relates to the degree to which individuals of a specific society are comfortable with uncertainty and the unknown. Masculinity stands for a society in which social gender roles are clearly distinct: Men are supposed to be assertive, tough, and focused on material success; women are supposed to be more modest, tender, and concerned with the quality of life. In high Masculine countries society at large is considered tough and competitive. In high Feminine countries society is consensus oriented and tender. CHARACTERISTICS OF EFFECTIVE GLOBAL LEADERS ▶Overseas Experience ▶Deep Self-Awareness ▶Culturally Diverse (Adaptable) ▶Humility ▶Lifelong Learning and Curiousity ▶Honesty ▶Globally Strategic ▶Well Spoken ▶Good Negotiators ▶Human ▶Presence (visible)  CASE: AN AMERICAN IN PARIS You will find under Session 3 (Common Resourses): The case, the evaluation grid for the case analysis and a document from UNSW in Sidney, Austraila on how to write a business case. ▶In groups of 4-5 students (This is same as your presentation groups) ▶Decide what cultural differences (Hofstede) and VABEs are important in this case. ▶Determine together, what are the main reasons this manager failed. ▶Decide what the manager could have done differently