S9-Ep41: International Leadership - One Size Doesn’t Fit All

Guest: Mansour Javidan

What do getting a little drunk and meeting quarterly quotas have in common for leaders? They each build trust with your team — depending on what country you’re in!

 

Guest Mansour Javidan has studied the similarities — and differences — in effective leadership in cultures across the globe. He shares the results of his research in this episode…especially the common qualities you’ll need to be a great leader no matter where you are.

Here's what Mansour and host Maureen Metcalf cover:

1. The importance of crafting a story with your team, no matter what nation they’re in;
2. The roots of trust, and why it’s a need hard-wired into our biology; and
3. The universal traits of good leadership (plus a few fun differences!).

This episode is produced in partnership with the International Leadership Association: https://ilaglobalnetwork.org/ .

Other episodes you'll enjoy:

• The Secret Code to Uncommon Leadership – with Ruchira Chaudhary
• Building Trust in Uncertainty: A Personal & Professional Journey – with Dr. Mary Jo Burchard
• Digital Body Language: How to Build Trust & Connection – with Erica Dhawan

 

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RESOURCES:  

You can learn more about Mansour’s work with the GLOBE 2020 project at https://globeproject.com. The latest information on the Thunderbird School of Management at Arizona State University is online at https://thunderbird.asu.edu.

 

Our host Maureen Metcalf posts a newsletter every week on LinkedIn. You can subscribe here. 

 

She’s also written several award-winning books on leadership development. You can peruse and purchase them here. Her latest, Innovative Leadership & Followership in the Age of AI, is available at https://www.innovativeleadershipfieldbook.com/book-series/innovative-leadership-followership-in-the-age-of-ai.

 

 

Books we’re reading for fun or personal development right now include:

• Three Rocks: The Story of Ernie Bushmiller, the Man Who Created Nancy by Bill Griffith
• The Five Lost Superpowers: Why We Lost Them & Hot to Get Them Back by John Reid, et al
• The Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
• The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. LeGuin

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OUR PODCAST TEAM:  

Host & Executive Producer: Maureen Metcalf

Editor & Producer: Dan Mushalko

Video & Graphics Editor: Devon Mushalko

Assistant Editor & Raconteur: Luigi Morelli

Colleagues We Trust Inherently: Jenna Reik & Mike Morrow-Fox

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About Our Guest:  

Multiple award-winning executive educator and author whose teaching and research interests span the globe, Dr. Mansour Javidan received his MBA and Ph.D. degrees from the Carlson School at the University of Minnesota.  He is the Garvin Distinguished Professor and Executive Director of the Najafi Global Mindset Institute at Thunderbird School of Global Management at Arizona State University.

 

Mansour is the Past President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the world-renowned research project on national culture and leadership, titled GLOBE (Global Leadership and Organizational Behavior Effectiveness, globeproject.com).  He is a coeditor of the 2004 GLOBE book. Mansour is currently the Project Director and Principal Co-Investigator of GLOBE 2020, working with a team of 426 researchers studying culture change, leadership ideals, and trust dynamics. Dr. Javidan was recently recognized as among the top 100 most influential (i.e., top 0.6%) authors in Organization Behavior in the world.  He is also recognized as among the top 2% most cited scientists in the field of business and management in the world. The World Bank and the United Nations Development Program have designated Dr. Javidan as an expert advisor on Global Leadership.