Leadership Competencies in the New Global Frontier

The purpose of this research study is to explore the requirements of leading in the current global environment. The existing studies indicate that typically companies do not have enough leaders, with global competencies and competition for these resources will be enhanced more in the future. Research on this area is still scarce and that adds more value to the study. The research would use a simple validated and popular global competency framework to rank the competencies to enable organizations to evaluate and build systems that develop the required competencies. People in leadership positions with experience in handling international assignments, Vpresidents, Directors, CEO of small firms and Head of L&D departments were the participants in the study. The findings of this study will be of use to human resource development (HRD) professionals in facilitating self-reflection and reflection with others – core processes for the learning and development of global mindset. Initiatives that ISSN 2348-2869 Print © 2014 Symbiosis Centre for Management Studies Journal of General Management Research, Vol. 1, Issue 1, January 2014, pp. 37–50. JOURNAL OF GENERAL MANAGEMENT RESEARCH 38 Journal of General Management Research will incorporate self-reflective and reflective processes will allow the participants to make meaning of their learning. The findings of this study could inform leaders preparing to work in global environments and HRD professionals called to develop learning environments to foster environments and practices , which nurture leaders with the required competencies