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¶ … global leadership. Calvin's main challenge is to find a means of communication that would encourage workers to be within the same framework to perform their work with greater consistency.
Rood Causes
Among the most likely contributory factors in this case are the fact that the team members and leaders cannot communicate effectively if they cannot meet with more consistency. The time differences among team members make such consistency difficult. Another root cause is that there is a lack of reporting among those actually selling the insurance and those who are expected to manage the venture.
Possible Solutions
One possible solution is to create a more consistent platform for meetings. Leaders and team members could, for example, choose a host country for every quarter or every month's meeting. In this way, there...
To mitigate costs, such meetings should perhaps be held only every quarter, supplemented by virtual conferences ever other month.
Another solution is to create closer connections among management and team members. In the foreign setup, sale representatives should then report to team members, who in turn should be expected to report to Calvin. This must be thoroughly explained and encouraged at the meetings.
Advantages and Disadvantages
The advantage of the first solution is that there will be more consistency in meetings.
The advantage of the second solution is that more consistency and monitoring will be achieved among the management and team members, which would make Calvin's work eaiser.
The main disadvantage of…
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