????其次,，培養(yǎng)一名CEO所需要的時間也是全球CEO比例不高的一個重要原因。2012年新任CEO的年齡中值為53歲,，這些CEO的職業(yè)生涯很可能在上個世紀(jì)八十年代中期就開始了,，而那個時候的企業(yè)全球化進程遠落后于今天。那時,，許多公司根本就沒有意識到要像今天一樣，讓富有潛力的年輕管理人員獲得足夠廣泛的海外工作經(jīng)歷,。

????將來的CEO可能會獲得足夠豐富的海外經(jīng)歷,，但那重要嗎？如今,，一種共同的商業(yè)語言已經(jīng)在全球范圍內(nèi)普及,。大公司的經(jīng)營管理變得極度復(fù)雜——市場份額、客戶細分,、新品研發(fā),、投資回報、風(fēng)險管理——來自不同國家的經(jīng)營管理人員都能理解這些問題,。企業(yè)高管可能再也無需通過去世界各地長期工作來學(xué)習(xí)這種商業(yè)語言,，但仍舊能成為跨國公司的成功CEO。

????海外生活經(jīng)歷可以從很大程度上幫助CEO深入了解某個特定國家的市場——這是我的個人經(jīng)驗總結(jié),。我曾遠離美國生活了13年,，在海外工作、養(yǎng)家,。當(dāng)我成為一家公司的CEO后,，這段經(jīng)歷被證明具有不可估量的價值。不過,，如今的CEO日常工作就包括很大一部分的跨國出差,，因此海外經(jīng)歷的價值也不像過去那樣異常寶貴了。

????也許在將來,，一個人能不能被稱為“全球CEO”與他的出生地或海外經(jīng)歷時間長短并無任何關(guān)系,。重要的是，不管在哪生活,，你得理解全球化的經(jīng)營管理方式,。（財富中文網(wǎng)）

????Ken Favaro是博斯公司（Booz & Company）的資深合伙人，也是該公司年度CEO研究報告的撰稿人之一,。

????譯者：默默

????The length of time it takes to create a CEO also plays a part. The median age of the incoming CEO in 2012 was 53. These executives probably began their careers in the mid-1980s, when the business world was considerably less global than it is today. Many companies simply didn't feel the need to give promising young executives the wide range of geographical experience their counterparts would likely get today.

????It's possible that future chief executives will have gained considerable international experience, but will it matter? Already, a common business language has taken hold throughout the world. Market share, customer segmentation, new-product development, return on invested capital, risk management — doing business at the largest companies has become an extremely sophisticated endeavor, and the issues are understood in every geography. Corporate leaders may no longer need to spend significant portions of their careers living in different markets around the world to learn this language and be an effective CEO of a global company.

????Living abroad is a great way to gain a deep understanding of a particular market. I know this from personal experience, having spent 13 years working and raising a family outside my home country, the U.S. This proved invaluable experience when I became CEO of the firm I worked for. Yet executives now spend so much time traveling the world in the ordinary course of business that the career value of the expat experience is simply not as great as it used to be.

????Perhaps in the future, what makes a "global CEO" will not have anything to do with an executive's place of birth or time spent outside home markets, but rather by his or her understanding of how business is now conducted around the world, no matter where one lives.

????Ken Favaro is a senior partner with Booz & Company. He is one of the authors of the firm's annual Chief Executive Study.