How to Create an Organizational Awareness about the Importance of a Global Mindset

 
 

02G69742This week, a business leader asked how he can make his team aware of the importance of global mindset.

We encounter this question often. Also, research shows that the number one concern for business leaders in internationally growing organizations is how to create business functions (departments/units) that are globally ready. The number one concern for the HR leaders of internationally growing organizations is how to find the globally ready talent.

Starting conversations by asking a few questions may help create an initial awareness about the importance of a global mindset among your employees and business partners:

  • What differences and similarities do we have among our current and future customers?
  • How do we differ from each other or how could we define diversity in our organization?
  • Your email this morning was very clear. Do you think that (…) cc:d got the message, too?
  • How do our organizational and personal culture profile(s) on tools like GlobeSmart compare with external environments?
  • What shared beliefs and values make our organization unique?
  • Studies show that a major path to international success is via intercultural effectiveness. What is culture?
  • What are we doing right today and why?
  • Where are our revenues coming from and what may change in the future?
  • Why is understanding competition important for business success and what is competition like in a foreign market or at global level?
  • How comfortable do we feel with doing business in Country X?
  • What are the rules and regulations for our field there?
  • How are we going to get paid and how are we going to pay for services? What is the cost of…?
  • What is our reputation like in Country X?
  • Who do we know in Country X?
  • What is our time difference with Country X and how is this going to affect our business?

Can you think of questions to start conversations about cultural, administrative, geographic and economic differences in your team or organization?  Some organizations have global coffee mornings.  These types of events are great to start these global conversations and identify next steps.

New! Unlocking the Global Mindset Energy Well: feedback this week suggested to focus on energy since “being/feeling energetic” is the significant Global Mindset attribute internationally working professionals need to keep at high levels. Maintaining good mind and body health is critical to enjoying life and being successful. “Negotiators can achieve buoyancy and build trust with their counterparts by developing full cognitive, emotional, social, physical and spiritual awareness and equilibrium.” says Dr. Karen Walch in her new book Quantum Negotiation.

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