4 Posts found for Author: Morgan W. McCall, Jr.

Developing global executives is an expensive proposition that can produce a significant return – provided that the corporation uses the knowledge and expertise it gained from earlier experiences effectively. These co-authors interviewed 101 individuals who succeeded in their international postings and concluded that poor management of three factors contribute to the failure of international executives: the individual, the cultural context, and organizational mistakes. Based on … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Authors: George P. Hollenbeck, Morgan W. McCall, Jr. | Source: Ivey Business Journal | Subjects: Human Resources, International

In our borderless global economy, companies must ship their executives nearly as far and wide as their products. Whether these far-flung executives soar or land with a thud may make all the difference between a successful international enterprise or a world-class failure-and it is this crucial difference that Developing Global Executives defines.

Based on a wide-ranging study of veteran global executives, leadership development experts Morgan W. … [ Read more ]

Content: Book | Authors: George P. Hollenbeck, Morgan W. McCall, Jr. | Subjects: Career, Human Resources, International

Leadership development is ensuring “that people in leadership roles have the competence to determine and to carry out the [company’s] strategic imperatives. If competence is acquired through experience, then it is the strategy of the business that determines which experiences are necessary to build it. The crucial links . . . are from the business strategy to the leadership challenges it suggests to the experiences … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Author: Morgan W. McCall, Jr. | Source: Across the Board (ATB) | Subjects: Human Resources, Leadership, Organizational Behavior, Training & Development

How do you develop the people who will one day lead your company? High Flyers challenges conventional wisdom about how to groom executives for the top positions in the firm by presenting a strategic framework that senior managers can use to identify and develop future executives. McCall demonstrates that the best executives aren’t necessarily managers who possess a previously identified, generic list of traits or … [ Read more ]

Content: Book | Author: Morgan W. McCall, Jr. | Subjects: Human Resources, Leadership, Management, Organizational Behavior