Multinational companies operating in Asia and other foreign regions may be overlooking potential leaders by defining leadership qualities through a U.S. lens, says Jane Horan, founder of The Horan Group, a strategic consulting firm focused on organizational development and based in Singapore. Horan, who has lived and worked in Asia for two decades, specializes in leadership acceleration, unconscious awareness and workplace politics. Before starting her own firm, she conducted talent and leadership development work for companies such as Kraft, The Walt Disney Company and CNBC.
Diversity Best Practices’ Editor-in-Chief Angela Johnson Meadows chatted with Horan via email about workplace challenges and the impact of unconscious bias.