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Kenneth P. De Meuse
Associate Vice President of Research
Lominger International
Kenneth P. De Meuse is the Associate Vice President of Research at Lominger. Prior to coming to work at Lominger, Ken was on the faculties at the University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire, Iowa State University, and the University of Nebraska at Omaha.
Ken has published numerous articles on employee attitudes and organizational behavior in several leading professional journals. His most recent book entitled, 50 More Things You Need to Know: The Science Behind Best People Practices for Managers & HR Professionals, was published in 2007. He has appeared on ABC News, CNN, AP Radio, and National Public Radio and has been featured in national publications such as The Wall Street Journal, Business Week, Fortune, U.S. News & World Report, The New York Times, and USA Today for his expertise on the impact organizational change has on the workforce.
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King Yii (Lulu) Tang
Intellectual Property Research Assistant
Korn/Ferry Leadership and Talent
King Yii (Lulu) Tang joined Korn/Ferry International in 2007 as a research assistant. Her interests lie in leadership development, teams, personnel selection, 360-degree feedback, and culture. She works closely with the research team on all aspects of research projects and project development.
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Guangrong Dai
Researcher
Lominger International
Gaungrong Dai joined the research team at Lominger International, a Korn/Ferry Company in 2006. His research areas include multi-source feedback, leadership development, high potential identification, high potential engagement, executive onboarding, and global leadership effectiveness. He worked closely with the product development team, providing support for the development of talent management tools and solutions that are research based and experience tested. He earned a Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from Central Michigan University.
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The World is Flat...And so are Leadership Competencies
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Kenneth P. De Meuse, King Yii (Lulu) Tang and Guangrong Dai
To succeed in today’s economy, organizations must possess global leaders with the right knowledge, experience, and competencies. However, many multinational companies resist identifying and developing talent globally largely because of the assumption that global leaders in different regions of the world possess and need significantly different skills.
Korn/Ferry has been tracking leadership competencies or skills around the world for the past 10 years. A multi-rater assessment instrument – referred to as VOICES® – has been used to measure 67 different leadership competencies. In total, 7,575 managers and executives from six different regions were evaluated in this study. Our study found that the “world is flat” pertaining to leadership competencies. The relative strengths and weaknesses of leaders – and the relative importance of these strengths and weaknesses – were very similar across the six regions.
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