Competencies for Global Leaders
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The panelists will reflect on their definition of leadership and their leader identity, to what extent Philippine culture has underpinned their leadership, and what cultural adjustments were made to succeed in academia, government, corporate, and nonprofit sectors in the global workplace. From their reflection on their journey from the Philippines to the global workplace, the themes to be explored are:
- What has shaped their core identity, that fixed sense of self that underlie their continuously shifting multiple identities as they demonstrate their power and influence;
- How has their Philippine heritage formed their values, their sense of purpose and how they see the world;
- How have their experiences beyond home challenged or reinforced their notions of leadership;
- How do they cope with cognitive dissonance when Philippine traditional beliefs are at odds with the requirements of making it in the global workplace?
Through their personal narratives, the panelists will reflect on how and why certain global competencies were key to their success as influential Filipinas in the world. These competencies might include:
- Decision-making that is timely and effective.
- Negotiating the use of time, roles, and resources with individuals and groups to translate strategy into action.
- Setting direction, motivating, coaching, gaining and maintaining commitment.
- Knowing the business of the university, corporate, and NGO and making it work.
- Dealing well with setbacks, and remaining calm, resolute and resilient under stress.
- Knowing how to conduct business throughout the world.
- Perspective taking, listening well, accepting divergent points of view, and acting and communicating from the perspective of others.
- Innovating by integrating knowledge, perspectives and entities to create new outcomes.
- Adapting to meet cultural expectations.
Understanding Filipina women's leadership styles have implications for gender, intercultural leadership research and practice in the global environment. Understanding how Filipina women bridge the range of Filipino and global cultures will contribute to a theory of culture; challenge existing theories of multi-culturalism; and, extend the thinking on co-culturation and global moral leadership.
