What does it take to be an effective global leader? The first step is understanding how employees in different cultures think about leadership; effective leadership in the United States may not be effective elsewhere. In fact, research shows that leadership takes different forms in different countries. Exhibit 8.10 summarizes a few of the research findings. As the exhibit shows, some behaviors facilitate effective leadership in almost all cultures. Other behaviors interfere with effective leadership almost anywhere. There also are behaviors that are effective in some cultures and ineffective in others.” PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) knows that understanding these culturally contingent behaviors is essential for global leaders. To help its managers develop their global leadership skills, PwC sends them abroad in a program called Ulysses, which is described in the feature “Managing Globalization: PricewaterhouseCoopets.