Building global leadership at The Body Shop: Strategies for success in an increasingly complex marketplace
Human Resource Management International Digest
ISSN: 0967-0734
Article publication date: 1 June 2005
Abstract
Purpose
Focuses on how The Body Shop is fostering and developing its global leaders.
Design/methodology/approach
This paper is extracted from a research report that examines what is required for effective global leadership in an increasingly complex global marketplace through understanding the challenges that global organizations and leaders face.
Findings
Highlights the importance of good communication skills, teamwork, exchanging best practice, and achieving the best balance between what should be decided at the centre and what is best left to regional and local decision makers.
Practical implications
Identifies and presents practical strategies for developing and supporting effective global leadership.
Originality/value
Contains plenty to interest top managers in any large company with extensive international operations.
Keywords
Citation
Sinclair, A. and Agyeman, B. (2005), "Building global leadership at The Body Shop: Strategies for success in an increasingly complex marketplace", Human Resource Management International Digest, Vol. 13 No. 4, pp. 5-8. https://doi.org/10.1108/09670730510700140
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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