Leading Across Borders: How great leaders expand internationally.

I had the pleasure this past week to be in Ho Chi Minh City to support

, CEO and Founder of Vietnam’s largest and most respected Human Resources Services company,

in their workshop on “Expanding to New Markets”. Below is a summary of my keynote speech that I shared on Tuesday with some outstanding Vietnamese CEOs and Chairs, and on Wednesday with a range on MNC CEOs and their People and Culture Leaders.

LEADING ACROSS BORDERSThe attraction of expanding into international markets is exciting for many reasons:

However, the path to achieve success in international markets is often massively underestimated:

There are four major areas for leaders to focus on when expanding to multiple countries:

Some insights are below for points 1 and 2, however for more detailed learnings, contact

and Impactful Leadership (impactfulleadership.com) 1.

Market, Business and Customer dynamics to consider:

When dealing with customers:

Be aware of the detail within customer contracts:

2.

Insights into finding the right leaders and building strong relationships:

To find great leaders:

Finally in leading leaders in other countries, be careful applying too much pressure to your leaders or over-reacting when they provide bad, or good, news:

available for keynote speeches to share further insight into this important topic, or through his business, Impactful Leadership (impactfulleadership.com), can assist your leaders in their expansion plans.

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