• Multicultural organization management: Operating across four to five continents requires specialized execution skills and the ability to manage diverse cultural dynamics, which is often underappreciated compared to executing M&A.
• People model scaling: Achieving global scale and ambition is fundamentally driven by a company's people model, including recruitment strategy, succession planning, and management bench strength.
• Deglobalization and mobility: Operating a multinational has become more challenging due to geopolitical shifts favoring regionalization and localization, which severely restrict the international movement of personnel despite the global mobility of capital.