Managing a Global Enterprise: Andrea Jung, CEO of Avon
As part of the View From The Top series, Avon Chair and CEO Andrea Jung discusses the challenges of managing a global enterprise with six million independent sales representatives, her own career choices, and what she has learned from serving on the boards of two very successful but different companies, Apple and GE. She is asked about her own cultural history, and how it shaped her leadership of Avon during its rapid global expansion. One of only 15 female CEOs of a Fortune 500 company, she also talks about what she thinks are promising trends for women in senior leadership roles.
Related News Article: http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/news/headlines/jung_09.html?cmpid=yt
Center for Leadership Development and Research: http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/cldr
Record: Nov. 9, 2009
Duration : 0:56:23
Excellent insights …
Excellent insights on leadership from someone obviously dedicated to a company she believes in! Thank you for posting this video.
Do you have Anne Mulcahy’s video that you had on View from the Top’s website sometime back?
Jung’s own cultural background has given her an increased awareness of how culture affects leadership. This seems to be the premise of Wibbeke’s work in the book, Global Business Leadership, which I highly recommend:
http://www.amazon.com/Global-Business-Leadership-E-S-Wibbeke/dp/0750684089/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1259178031&sr=1-1