GLIC Keynote Speaker
Keynote, Friday, April 21, 11:00am – 12:00pm
What is “global?” What is “leadership?” And what is “global leadership?”
Scholars, executives, and human resource professionals often hold differing definitions of “global leadership.” The result is that within academe and the business world, people talk past each other, assuming others understand global leadership the same way they do. These incorrect assumptions cause problems in the research literature and in the efficacy of organizations’ talent management, strategy development and implementation, and leadership development. My keynote address aims to provide some clarity to this definitional confusion, and also to point both doctoral students and scholars toward promising areas of future research in global leadership and provide executives and managers with a helpful framework for selecting, developing, retaining, and placing global leaders within their organizations.
Keynote Speaker
Mark E. Mendenhall holds the J. Burton Frierson Chair of Excellence in Business Leadership in the Gary W. Rollins College of Business at the University of Tennessee, Chattanooga. He received his B.S. degree (1980) in psychology and his Ph.D. degree (1983) in social psychology, both from Brigham Young University. Dr. Mendenhall is an internationally recognized scholar in the field of global leadership and international human resource management. In 1998, he held the Ludwig Erhard Stiftungs professor endowed chair at the University of Bayreuth (Germany). From 1999-2004 he was a visiting professor at the Europa Institute at the University of Saarland (Germany). In 2013, he was a visiting professor at the Vienna University of Economics and Business (Austria), and from 2009-2015 he was a visiting professor at Reykjavik University (Iceland).
Dr. Mendenhall has co-authored or edited 30 books, some of which include: Global Leadership: Research, Practice and Development, 3rd edition (Routledge); Responsible Global Leadership: Dilemmas, Paradoxes, and Opportunities (Routledge), Managing Culture and Human Resources in Mergers and Acquisitions (Stanford University Press); Developing People Through International Assignments (Addison-Wesley); Blackwell Handbook of Global Management: A Guide to Managing Complexity (Wiley-Blackwell); and Global Assignments: Successfully Expatriating and Repatriating International Managers (Jossey-Bass).
He has published 125 journal articles/scholarly book chapters in a variety of publications, including Academy of Management Review, Journal of International Business Studies, Sloan Management Review, Academy of Management Learning & Education, Human Relations, Organizational Dynamics, Human Resource Management, Management International Review, and Journal of Management Inquiry.
A firm believer in applying findings from the research literature to organizations, he actively consults organizations in global leadership. He is a partner in The Kozai Group, a consultancy specializing in global leadership identification, assessment, and development. Some of the firms he has worked with include IBM-Asia Pacific, IBM-Japan, General Motors, Monsanto, JCB, Japan Airlines Corporate Academy, Premier Health, Molex, The Global Leadership Advancement Center, Volkswagen, and BUPA International. He has worked with many local companies in the greater Chattanooga region, some of which include The Dixie Group, Tennessee Valley Authority, BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, CBL & Associates Properties, Leadership Chattanooga, the Chattanooga Police Department, and the Erlanger Health System.
Dr. Mendenhall has also presented numerous training seminars on leadership and other management-related issues for many organizations. Participants attending his seminars have come from such companies as Mitsui Manufacturers Bank, Whirlpool, Toyota, Xerox, McKee Foods, DuPont, Maytag, ABB Combustion Engineering, Nippon Express, Goldman Sachs, Goldman Sachs Realty, Hitachi, Pfizer Consumer, Inc., Ricoh, Sony Ericsson, Sony, Mitsubishi Chemical, JVC, Canon, Mitsubishi Electric, Agilent Technologies, Yokohama Rubber, Pioneer, and Mitsubishi Motors, Conagra, Nuclear Regulatory Agency, Federal Aviation Administration, Tennessee Valley Authority, Combustion Engineering, Velsicol Chemical Corporation, Provident Life & Accident Insurance Company, Alco Chemical, and the American Heart Association.
He is a past president of the International Management Division of the Academy of Management and has traveled widely. He has lived overseas for nine years (New Zealand, Japan, Switzerland, and Germany). He and his wife Janet have four children and eight grandchildren.