Entrepreneuring in the Global Economy

Check out the article on the next-gen entrepreneurs in Knowledge@Wharton. It's fabulous. Here is one insight that resonants with me:

A particular challenge for global leaders is to create a culture that permeates an organization’s operations, including those overseas. One executive commented he runs a leadership course annually for his company’s managers. “Whether your managers are in Taipei or Johannesburg, you need to have everyone on the same page ethically and strategically,” he said. “The one thing that keeps me up at night is the thought that there’s some maverick out there who doesn’t share our leadership principles. Such a person can destroy in 48 hours what it took 48 years to build.”

More here.