Addressing the organizational barriers to developing global leadership talent

Few corporations have in place the sophisticated processes that can groom managers and executives to lead successfully across countries and cultures. Most have failed to build rigorous and standardized performance management systems to assess their leadership talent across the globe. Few organizations have true global leadership pools supported by dedicated and systemic development interventions. In addition to a lack of supportive structures, many organizations lack a culture of mobility that actively encourages high potential talent to work outside their home countries or the corporate center. As a result, the development of global leadership talent is at best a hit or miss proposition in the vast majority of organizations. We address these barriers and provide critical steps that organizations can take to remedy them.