The website said his expertise was in "Global Business Development, Sales, Global Account Management, Global Leadership and Global Strategy Deployment" and listed his education as a degree in international economics from York University in Toronto, an MBA from Paris and some training at the London School of Economics.

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Other companies have been slow to adapt to this new mind-set, caught in pseudo dilemmas, swinging between a global and a local leadership strategy.

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The company is a "global consulting and training leader in the areas of strategy execution, leadership, customer loyalty, sales performance, school transformation and individual effectiveness, " with 44 offices in 147 countries, according to the website.

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