Since 1990, GROVEWELL's mission on behalf of business leaders has been to prepare them to lead effectively across differences in values, mindsets, and practices.  In addition to traditional leadership development approaches, our focus is on helping leaders grasp how work actually gets done and trusting business relationships are built and maintained in other nations. 

In short, we upgrade leaders' repertoire for effectively responding to the relationship-, communication-, and trust-related challenges of physical distance and cultural difference, essentials for global success.
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GROVEWELL LLC is one of the earliest adopters/appliers of the findings of the 62-nation, 11-year GLOBE research project on the cross-cultural dimensions of leadership.  For GROVEWELL's extensive interpretative overview of the GLOBE Project's findings, visit Grovewell.com/GLOBE.
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The Need for Expanded Global Leadership Repertoires

In 1994, a Rand Report entitled Global Preparedness and Human Resources concluded that. . .

a corporate global strategy entails an increased need to understand -- and be able to interact with -- representatives of other cultures.  For example, it may be required for adapting products and services to new markets [or] for marketing and selling them....  Or it may be required for cooperating with a non-U.S. partner firm, working with a cross-cultural team, or capturing a sizable share of business from ethnically distinct market segments within the U.S.

Global Leadership Training: Sample Objectives 

GROVEWELL delivers a wide variety of customized global management and cross-cultural leadership training workshops to meet the requirements of its client companies.  Within any firm that engages our services, one or more of its people collaborate with our program designers and trainers regarding the objectives and content of the program being developed.

Our interactive workshops delve into themes relevant to executives, managers, professionals, and supervisors who are, or soon will be, playing critical roles as their firms fully embrace this relentlessly globalizing 21st century.  Among our training's many possible objectives are. . .

• To anticipate the constraints of American management styles in overseas settings.
• To practice productive collaboration with, and effective leadership of, counterparts abroad.
• To apply the new GLOBE Framework for analyzing value and behavior differences in business leadership [visit Grovewell.com/GLOBE].
• To practice behavioral techniques for responding appropriately to value differences.
• To gain simulated experience of contrasting management and communication styles.
• To become familiar with business practices and cultural styles of a nation or world region.
• To learn to manage the effects of group homogeneity and heterogeneity within teams.

Training events developed and delivered by GROVEWELL are highly interactive. They afford participants ample opportunity to apply knowledge to case examples, to practice skills in a supportive environment, and to benefit from coaching by peers and facilitators.

In cultures where highly interactive training is contrary to prevailing norms, or with people from such cultures, our trainers will make appropriate style adjustments in consultation with our local client.

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Additional Information
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A one-page PDF description is at Grovewell.com/Lead/Expanding.pdf.
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Another related PDF description is at Grovewell.com/Lead/Productive.pdf.
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GROVEWELL LLC is one of the earliest adopters/appliers of the findings of the 62-nation, 11-year GLOBE research project on the cross-cultural dimensions of leadership.  For GROVEWELL's extensive interpretative overview of the GLOBE Project's findings, visit Grovewell.com/GLOBE.
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In September 2008, the Institute for Corporate Productivity published on its TrendWatcher webpage a substantive research report entitled "Study Shows that, Globally Speaking, Firms Have a Lot to Learn."  To read, click here.
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For additional information regarding GROVEWELL's understanding of and approach to global leadership challenges, click here.

To obtain specific information, or to inquire about engaging GROVEWELL's services, contact info@grovewell.com.
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For more details about the benefits and features of GROVEWELL's wide range of LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS, click on the various options below.