What does it take to be an effective leader? The answer varies in different key markets worldwide. So finds CEIBS Prof Emeritus of Management William Mobley in Advances in Global Leadership, Volume 5 (Emerald Press, 2009). The work is the latest edition in a series edited by Prof Mobley for CEIBS.

"The urgency of a deeper understanding of the nature and development of leaders who can be effective across multiple contexts and national boundaries has never been more apparent," the editors explain. “We seek to advance the definition, conceptualization, and understanding of global leadership processes and the development of international and global leaders.”

Advances in Global Leadership, Volume 5, is a compilation of original papers by a field of experts from China, Ireland, Korea, Singapore, the U.K. and the U.S. The works of these academics, practitioners and consultants who are actively engaged in global leadership - from multiple perspectives - are presented in thought-provoking chapters selected by Prof Mobley and co-editors Ying Wang and Ming Li. Ying Wang is Doctoral Researcher at the Institute of Work Psychology at University of Sheffield in the U.K; while Ming Li is Assistant Professor at ESC Rennes School of Business in France. Both are former CEIBS Research Assistants and the book is dedicated to CEIBS to mark the school's 15th anniversary.

The book’s chapters cover: 
• personality, leadership and globalization;
• the roles of international experience, experiential learning, and cultural intelligence in developing global leaders;
• an integrative framework for assessing, coaching and developing global leaders;
• developing balanced leadership teams;
• leadership in strategic alliances;
• leadership in the Mid-East, Korea and Europe;
• leadership and environmental scanning;
• and ethical leadership.

Advances in Global Leadership, Volume 5 is a source of invaluable information for leaders - and those who aspire to lead - in multinational settings; academics teaching or researching the field; executive coaches and consultants and others responsible for grooming multinational and global leaders; as well as anyone who offers consulting and other services in support of the development of global leadership and global leadership processes.