Leadership skills in an intercultural context

Seminar paper from the year 2020 in the subject Leadership and Human Resources - Miscellaneous, grade: 2,3, Fresenius University of Applied Sciences Idstein (Hochschule Fresenius Fachbereich Onlineplus), course: Intercultural Competence, language: English, abstract: This term paper analyzes, What competencies are required in leaders of intercultural teams in the pursuit of successful leadership? Firstly, difficulties in intercultural environments and settings are presented. Afterwards the potential, difficulties and requirements on Intercultural Leadership (IL) are defined. Looking at the GLOBE study the variety of leadership styles in different countries are going to be inspected. In detail this term paper is going to focus on leadership styles in Germany and the USA. The explored differences create potential for misunderstanding, frustration and ineffectiveness. Guidance in an intercultural context does not only require professional qualification, but fundamental Intercultural Competencies (IC) and Intercultural Intelligence (II), that are going to be investigated in this elaboration. These skills are also crucial for team building. In this paper the MBI framework is an example. The conscious usage of IC and II distributes slowly in the corporate world. During my research I was unable to find one company meeting all of them in their principles. To explore different approaches the strategies of Amazon and Weleda are considered. In Australia due to the population many cultures meet. The Australian Human Rights Commission has investigated the influence of different skills in leadership. To take it to an expert meta perspective an interview is analyzed.