{"id":57532,"date":"2022-09-07T08:56:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-07T12:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ccl.org\/?post_type=articles&p=57532"},"modified":"2025-10-27T09:22:48","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T13:22:48","slug":"the-global-asian-leader-from-asia-for-the-world","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/www.ccl.org\/articles\/white-papers\/the-global-asian-leader-from-asia-for-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"The Global Asian Leader 2.0: From Asia, for the World"},"content":{"rendered":"

Best Practices for Supporting Global Asian Leaders & Breaking Through the \u201cBamboo Ceiling\u201d<\/h2>\n

The past 25 years have witnessed an unprecedented shift of global economic growth from West to East. Developing Asia economies are projected to grow 5.2% in 2023, despite global uncertainties and a sluggish economic outlook. Asia has the largest population of world youth, it has a growing middle class, and it\u2019s on track to be the biggest market in the future.<\/p>\n

Increasingly, global organizations will have to \u201clook East\u201d to sustain business growth, calling upon local leaders with a nuanced understanding of social and cultural norms to drive regional expansion.<\/p>\n

But despite the business need for Asian leaders, and Asian talent displaying several unique leadership attributes, in top organizations Asians represent only about 4% of the executive teams in U.S.-headquartered companies and 3% in Europe-headquartered firms.<\/p>\n

This new paper, an extension of our 2018 study<\/a>, unpacks factors that have stalled the growth of Asian leaders in breaking through the \u201cbamboo ceiling\u201d over the past 5 years, including evaluating the impact of current trends like the pandemic and rising nationalism.<\/p>\n

Must-Have Leadership Traits for Global Asian Leaders<\/h2>\n

To override cultural hardwiring and succeed in global roles, our research has identified 5 must-have traits that Asian leaders must demonstrate:<\/p>\n