The changes that have occurred in technology and telecommunications have changed organizational and economic spatiality has drivien the dire need for a set of global leadership competencies because these changes all an organization to create a span of control that covers the world and also gives the organization the ability to operate worldwide in real-time without the lag that was present in the previous decades. Before a leader can operate in this environment they must first be able to understand the differences in the disparate community cultures and be able to adapt to those different cultures.