hard business realities, management homework help

“Leaders
are kept awake at night by hard business realities: the need to
generate profitable growth, reach markets quickly, protect their
reputation, and anticipate the unexpected.

But
their deeper sleeplessness comes from the human challengers: How can
they acquire and retain the best talent to lead their companies through
change? How can they promote teamwork across boundaries and borders? How
can they develop executives to lead in the world? ‘Our scarcest
resource is globally literate leaders,’ warns Alfred Zeien, chairman and
CEO of Gillette, one of the Unites States’ most global companies” .

in this thread, let’s discuss key elements of leaders operating within
global organizations. What are some key skill sets and personality
traits of “globally literate leaders?”

Please answer each question separately, so i can make it two posts.