Global Business Environment: Leadership Skills and Self-Reflection

This report provides a self-assessment of leadership skills within a global business environment, reflecting on past experiences, current skills, and motivations. It identifies essential skills for effective leadership, analyzes personal skill shortages, and considers feedback from colleagues with diverse cultural backgrounds. The report categorizes required skill sets and factors, and outlines the constraints of international capacity within the office, preparing a report for the director regarding professional development. The analysis includes a reflection on the author's experience as a CEO, highlighting the importance of functional, listening, observing, and sensing skills, and motivational skills derived from various theories. The report also includes a table summarizing the preparation of the report, outlining required skill sets, factors, and constraints, such as complex problem-solving, creativity, and emotional intelligence, along with their respective time frames.

Global Business Environment

Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................3
Reflect and assess your past experiences, current skills and motivation...................................3
What do you think are the skills need to lead effectively in a global environment?.................3
Why do you think you don’t have those skills yet?...................................................................3
How do your office colleagues from different culture view your identified skill shortage?.....4
Preparation of a report................................................................................................................5
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................7
References..................................................................................................................................8

Introduction
The primary motive of the study has been to describe the issues and experiences,
which I have faced within the professional sphere or within the organizational structure for a
certain time span. The reflection of the current skills along with the skills that will help me in
leading effectively in the global environment will be also described in the study.
Reflect and assess your past experiences, current skills and motivation
In case of the past experiences, I would like to say that I was the Chief Executive
Officer of Procter & Gamble and especially in the early days, I exactly had no idea about the
work methodology of a CEO within the organizational culture. My colleagues have wrongly
viewed me as the coach and that is why P.F. Drucker has argued with them and made them
understand the real work methodology of a chief executive officer in an organization. My
experiences include the observations of the Drucker and my actions have also been much
consistent with them since the early days ("What Only the CEO Can Do", 2019).
In the case of my current skills, I would like to say that I have the capability of
leading the business to the next level. On the other hand, I have also learnt some of the
functional skills along with listening, observing and sensing skills, which a chief executive
officer of a company should possess. I have also some motivational skills which have been
derived from diverse motivational theories and models. (3)
What do you think are the skills need to lead effectively in a global environment?
There are some of the effective skills that should be expressed in the global
environment. The substantial skills are very necessary to acquire as a Chief executive officer
of an organization. On the other hand, I have also envisaged over the skills that are related to
personal involvement with the experienced leaders and managers within the organizational
culture. Moreover, I think that the career planning is a very important part of skills by which
the values and standards of work procedures of other employees can be set ("What Only the
CEO Can Do", 2019).
Why do you think you don’t have those skills yet?
I think that still now I do not have some of the essential skills, which I should have
possessed while working within the organizational culture. I have a feeling of inadequacy and
I have failed in collecting the right acumen of the company (Drucker, 2017). I have a lack of
management skills and that is why I am feeling such as management aloofness and having a

lack of assertiveness in me. This has been one of the crucial situations of my life, where I am
suffering from organizational confusion, anarchical behaviour and lack of skills in giving
directions to the subordinates ("What Only the CEO Can Do", 2019).
How do your office colleagues from different culture view your identified skill shortage?
In the case of the office colleagues, it can be observed that there are some employees
who are supportive in nature. They will not feel impatient when you are directing in a wrong
manner or giving wrong decisions to a certain piece of the problem. On the other hand, there
are also some office colleagues, who are much dedicated to their work and they have no
mentality in compromising with something or someone apart from their work. These workers
are not supportive in nature and they really provoke me in my absence within the
organizational culture ("What Only the CEO Can Do", 2019).

Preparation of a report
The categorization of the required skill sets and factors have been depicted in the
study. Moreover, a report outlining the constraint of the international capacity of your office
have also been described which will be presented to the hand of the director for the future
progress of the organization.
Required Skill Sets Factors Constraints of
International
capacity
Time frame
Complex Problem-
Solving skills
In case of the factors
related to the
complex problem-
solving skills,
patience and logical
reasoning are very
important which
should be much
prominent within the
employees.
In the case of
international
capacity, few
constraints can
come in future
which is related to
the wrong decisions
taken by the chief
executive officer and
the managers of the
company
The organization
should prepare
themselves within
the 4-month time
span
Creativity The design thinking
skills are much
needed for the
employees to
perform within the
organization. In
each sphere, design
thinking is needed
along with creative
thinking techniques
Without creativity,
the employees will
not able to perform
within the
organization and the
quality of the
products will
decrease within the
restricted time frame
5 months
Emotional
Intelligence
The emotional
intelligence requires
self-awareness as
The employees can
also become more
manipulative and
5 months

well as self-
regulation. On the
other hand,
motivation is also
one of the core
features for
initiating on the
emotional
intelligence skills
the employees also
might lose the
critical thinking
skills in between the
work procedures
Table 1: Preparation of a report
(Source: As created by the author)

Conclusion
It can be concluded that the skills are much needed for sustaining in the competitive
environment and that is why my personal skills, experiences and also the lack of skills have
been depicted in the study. I have also expressed my personal feelings and the level of
support, which I have received from the office colleagues. A report has also been prepared
with the required skill sets and constraint of the international capacity of my office for the
future time span.

References
Drucker, P. F. (2017). Managing oneself: The key to success. Harvard Business Review
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Three Skills CEOs Need Most | Ivey Business Journal. (2019). Retrieved 24 September 2019,
from https://iveybusinessjournal.com/three-skills-ceos-need-most/
What Only the CEO Can Do. (2019). Retrieved 24 September 2019, from
https://hbr.org/2009/05/what-only-the-ceo-can-do