Leadership Without Borders

Winning the War for Talent

globaladmin — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 17:12:53 +0000

As our ultra-competitive global economy continues to improve, job creation and expansion will explode. A battle is brewing that threatens to disrupt our global marketplace. That’s why it is critical for organisations to take steps to move up the relationship chain with its people now. Creating a long-lasting relationship must go beyond compensation in order to convert to stronger attraction and retention of the best and brightest.

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The War for Talent is a Global Reality

Business indicators around the world

Economic realities since 2008

A short history of employer/employee relationships

Why are people so restless?

What does it take to be an employer of choice?

Guidance for leaders

What does it take to be a leader of choice?

How to actively move up the employee relationship chain?

Share of opportunity—contract
Share of mind—partnership
Share of heart—relationship

Learn techniques and practices; hear true stories that will inspire you and impact your ability to grow more sustainable relationships
Build your own Personal Learning Strategy for enhancing your awareness and opportunities as a new millennium “people-centered” leader

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Super Global Culture vs. Strong Individual Cultures

webmaster — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 19:16:22 +0000

Over the next 10 years, the Western world will have more retirements than those entering the workforce. At the same time India and China now have more than 50% of its workforce below the age of 30.

With the Eastern workforce being so young, and the Western workforce retirements, future leaders must rapidly develop into strong global leaders making essential strong leadership learning and development. Our business world is certain to become a more diverse global workforce. Some people believe that the result will be cultures melting together to create some sort of super global culture.

This contradicts the findings of the Leadership Without Borders study!

The global leaders who participated in the study told me that it is the leaders responsibility to continuously adapt to each new circumstance. For me, this means we have a responsiblity to ensure that individuals are allowed to retain their uniqueness.

Similar to what was predicted by John Naisbitt in his book, Megatrends, where he said, “the higher the technology, the greater the desire for touch”, I believe the more we become a global society, the more we will want to retain, nurture and hold on to the many cultures of the world.

This is the true essence of Leadership Without Borders.

What do you think? Send your comments to me to share with others.

The power of online networking

webmaster — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 13:25:08 +0000

Excerpt from Leadership Without Borders, available March 2007, a new Jossey-Bass, John Wiley and Sons book by Ed Cohen.

The other day someone invited me to join her linkedin network at Linkedin.com.* Normally I ignore these messages, but a while back someone who I explicitly trusted told me that Linkedin is actually a great way to substantially expand your network. It works on the “degrees of separation premise”. I found it very user friendly and respectful of my privacy. In order for someone to invite me to join their network, they have to know my email address, or be introduced to me by someone else in my network. On November 1, I had 76 connections in my network. My connections had connections that added to more than 3200 connections (2nd level of separation). And, their connections (3rd level of separation) had more than 402,400 connections. Amazing, through my connections, I can meet more than 3200 people and through my connections, connections (3rd level of separation), I have access to more than 400,000 people across the globe. I decided to see how quickly I could expand my network, so I went online and started asking others, I know and trust, if they would like to join my network or introduce me to their contacts to join my network. I followed three simple rules. First, only ask those I know to join my network. Second, only ask one of my trusted connections to introduce me to one of their trusted connections if there is value in knowing that person. Third, I did not want to incur any costs to expand my network.

Here was the status of my LinkedIn.com connections just four days later on November 5th: You are at the centre of your network. Your connections can introduce you to 1,420,300+ professionals – here’s how your network breaks down:

Your Connections Your trusted friends and colleagues: 105
Two degrees away Friends of friends; each connected to one of your connections: 36,000+
Three degrees away Reach these users through a friend and one of their friends: 1,384,100+
Total users you can contact through an Introduction: 1,420,300+

Along the way, I reconnected with people with whom I had attended university, people with whom I had worked throughout my career and with many new people. If you were to collect business cards from every one of these contacts, and stack them it would measure more than high 550 meters (1,800 feet). The stack would be taller than the tallest building in the world, Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The entire experience has been amazing.

Just 20 days later, on November 24th, I went back out to Linked in and my network had almost doubled again. The chart indicating the size of my network of trusted professionals now read, “You are at the center of your network. Your connections can introduce you to 2,165,500+ professionals.”

* Source: LinkedIn.com- LinkedIn is an online network of more than 8 million experienced professionals from around the world, representing 130 industries.