In a global organization, leaders face a multitude of high level challenges and questions daily when trying to achieve outcomes. Culture influences all of our interactions in the workplace. To be successful working in a global organization, leaders must possess global proficiency.

Understanding one's own worldview, cultural values and beliefs is the first step in developing global proficiency, for those beliefs drive how we interact and respond to people and situations.

Learning and applying the universal tenets of culture is vital in order to understand behavior and expectations of employees, customers or colleagues that may share a differing cultural background.