Stepping Outside Cultural Norms
The position I had with the Swiss insurance company was office manager for an international division. My boss was an American man from Pasadena, California, who had lived in Switzerland for several years. His division of the company arranged and sold employee benefit plans, mostly to international companies based in Europe. Since my boss did not speak German, I was able to work between him and key Swiss executives. Since the operations spanned across Europe, I began to see how other international companies operated. I could also see that my future would be in international business.
How We Arrived at the Age of Globalization
We first saw attempts at globalization when the explorers began to leave their home countries—Vikings from Scandinavia, Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch (the Dutch West India Company used New Amsterdam—now New York—as headquarters for their fur trade). These explorers were economically motivated. It wasn't scientific—it was trade. The Silk Route between China and Europe is another example of early global trade.
Communicating in a Connected World
Before global enterprises evolved, more communication went out from central headquarters. Now management and personnel are matrixed, and information flows not just back and forth between the center and outlying areas or operations, but rather in a matrix throughout the organization. That has many advantages--the biggest to me being that people can communicate directly with each other, not just through the center of the organization.
Skills for Managers with Global Responsibilities and how to develop them.
Leadership is the most critical component of any successful CEO, yet many successful leaders find themselves in trouble because they pay little attention to how others are perceiving them. CEO’s and top leaders are always, savvy, extremely intelligent, highly experienced with incredible track records. As a coach for Global Leaders worldwide, I have found that many of the CEO failures had to do with obvious mistakes in form and style. Yes, mistakes in form and style that usually results from the of lack of awareness. Many newly appointed leaders have the intellect, skills, and experience, yet it is form and style that gets in their way.
Ikea’s Global Mindset, a Competitive Advantage in Emerging Markets.
The principles of the success of Ikea are simple, stepping out of their base culture with an open mind that there is not a universal way to do things, simple but not easy. Companies are not global; leaders are, he success of Ikea is driven by Global Mindset leaders drive the success of Ikea.
Global Mindset and the Home Depot China Experiment.
In 2006, Home Depot Inc. decided to enter the Chinese [...]
Qualities of a Global Mindset Coach
The most important factors of an effective Global Mindset Coach [...]
Notes from Global Leaders: Global Mindset Coaches Serve as Role Models and Leaders
Culture coaches emphasize differences. There are many of those. Only a few, however, are 'Global Mindset' coaches, among whom Dr. Gary Ranker is preeminent. Such rare assets exist to support business leaders' success in today's always-online, fuzzy-bordered business world.
Notes from a Client: Triggering Positive Changes in the Workplace and Beyond with a Global Mindset
I decided to hire a coach because I wanted to improve my skills as a leader. I wanted to make sure that I’m always open-minded to outside influences that can improve me as a person and businessman. I’m intrigued by the process of growth, and one-on-one education.
The Benefits of Executive Coaching
Not all CEOs arrive at the helm of their companies with the full set of skills to take their companies – or themselves – to the next level. They might have a demanding group of stakeholders who expect performance, always. The only way this can be achieved is to continue to become more efficient, more effective, while constantly growing and becoming more strategic individually.
What is Executive Coaching
Not all CEOs arrive at the helm of their companies with the full set of skills to take their companies – or themselves – to the next level. They might have a demanding group of stakeholders who expect performance, always. The only way this can be achieved is to continue to become more efficient, more effective, while constantly growing and becoming more strategic individually.
Defining Global Mindset
For many years, as a global CEO coach, I have used the Global Mindset phrase to indicate an orientation of openness towards other cultures, other people, and another way of doing things.
Globalization of Business and Developing a Global Mindset
As you probably have experienced, the world today is not the one most of us grew up in. Radical changes have occurred, the biggest drivers include global economic opportunities, trade liberalization and the communications revolution. This has strategic advantages and challenges. #globalmindset
What is Global Mindset?
I first started to use this phrase in the 1990s to describe myself. It has become popular in the US and abroad, but what does this mean?
Looking at Global Mindset
How do most of us make decisions? By default! We choose brands, styles, food, hobbies, friends, co-workers and careers that feel comfortable and familiar to us.
Understanding Global Mindset
Gary Ranker defines global mindset as the ability to step outside one’s base culture, and to understand there is no universally correct way to do things.
Meet the Coach
It was about nine months into his role as Leighton Holdings chief executive - a job fraught with high drama and controversy - that Hamish Tyrwhitt first met executive coach Gary Ranker.
Taking Global Executives to Next level
Global Mindset Coaching with CEOs differs greatly from other types of executive coaching. However, it carries executive coaching’s general goal: helping people be their best selves by improving their behavior.