can be offered include prior to the departure of expatriates, during international assignments, and upon the return of expatriates. Clearly, a full discussion of how organizations address all these training and development needs is not feasible here. We focus instead on global leadership development, because CEOs view it as one of their most pressing concerns.” Global leaders need to manage opera- tions in several different countries simultaneously. Global leadership competency is especially important in global organizations that are structured around products rather than according to geographic regions.