Session Type: Workshop Accepted by MIG(s): Development Time Allotted: 90 Description: The Global Competencies Inventory (GCI) is predictive of global leader skill acquisition, skill transfer, heightened motivation and work attachment, and general job performance. This workshop will introduce the conceptual model underlying the GCI and its statistical properties. Participants will complete the GCI, and learn how to interpret results and engage in dyadic coaching. The workshop will conclude with an exploration of how the inventory can be used for developmental purposes, with particular attention given to personal development planning strategies. Abstract: Empirical research on international managers has consistently found that cultural adjustment and intercultural capability lead to higher job performance and positive affective outcomes. Numerous instruments aimed at measuring competencies associated with intercultural effectiveness have been put forward, however, few of these have demonstrated validity and predictive capability. The latter is an essential requirement for claiming that a characteristic is indeed a competency.
Recent longitudinal research carried out with managers on international assignments has confirmed the predictive validity of the Global Competencies Inventory. In addition to finding that the 17 dimensions in the inventory are associated with higher levels of intercultural effectiveness, the study also found an association between Overall Global Competency and acquisition of global leaderships skills – global administrative skills, global business acumen and interculturally effective interpersonal skills. Findings also confirmed that higher levels of competency were associated with greater skill transfer upon assignment to a new position as well as higher levels of motivation, work attachment and general job performance. In short, the Global Competencies Inventory is predictive of these positive outcomes, thereby suggesting that it has significant value for global organizations and for individuals who work in global contexts. The intent of the workshop is to share information about this important assessment tool with the ILA community.
The Global Competencies Inventory (GCI) has recently emerged as a valid assessment of individual characteristics associated with effective intercultural behaviors and is predictive of global leader skill acquisition, skill transfer, heightened motivation and work attachment and general job performance. This workshop will introduce the conceptual model underlying the GCI and its statistical properties. The GCI is a 185-item instrument that measures 17 dimensions of personality predisposition grouped into three categories – Perception Management, Relationship Management and Self Management.
Key learning goals for the workshop include:
1. Understand the meaning of “competency” in a behavioral context;
2. Awareness of intercultural competencies associated with effective managerial performance in a global context;
3. Understand the conceptual and statistical properties of the Global Competencies Inventory;
4. Understand the proper application and interpretation of the Global Competencies Feedback Report.
The workshop will begin with a brief presentation reviewing the intercultural competency construct and defining the content domain, situating the construct clearly in the global leadership context. The workshop will then become more interactive, with participants experiencing the GCI through personally completing it and receiving their individualized feedback reports. (If possible, participants will complete the full GCI in advance of the session. Where that is not possible, we will use an abridged version.) Participants will learn the basics of how to interpret results and engage in dyadic coaching. The workshop will conclude with an exploration of how the inventory can be used for developmental purposes, with particular attention given to personal development planning strategies.
Allan Bird, Northeastern University
Bio: Allan Bird is the Darla and Frederick Brodsky Trustee Professor in Global Business at Northeastern University. With more than 90 articles and book chapters, his work has appeared in the Academy of Management Journal, the Strategic Management Journal, the Journal of Organizational Behavior, the Journal of International Business Studies and other academic and practitioner journals. He is the author/editor of seven books, including Global Leadership: Research, Practice and Development, The Encyclopedia of Japanese Business and Management, Japanese Multinationals Abroad: Individual and Organizational Learning and Ekuzekuchibu no Kenkyuu (Research on Executives). With Roger Dunbar and Tom Mullen he developed an interactive CD and workbook for expatriates and their families, Bridging Cultures, which won the 1999 New York Film Festival Gold Medal for Best Educational Software. His research interests focus on effective management in intercultural contexts, with a particular focus on intercultural sensemaking and global leadership development.
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