Globalization has seemingly overwhelmed many organizations and leaders within them because of the rapid pace and lack of training many leaders have had on dealing with and understanding the various communities across the globe. Many organizations spend more time and resources providing employees training on new equipment and software than developing managerial and leadership skills. This occurs many times in spite of the discussion that visionary leadership is what is needed to compete, succeed, and to continue to grow as an organization in our global world. Another reason may be due to the fact that until very recently, global business was considered the purview of a few large businesses and as a sideline for the few others that participated in this area. Morrison (2000) uses these reasons for developing a model of global leadership and the competencies that are required to successfully implement the leadership model.