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What is a Globally Competitive Organization?

A globally competitive organization (GCO) can compete on a global stage, and has the operational agility and efficiency to succeed in rapidly changing, unpredictable and competitive home markets.

A GCO has undergone 6 critical transformations. It has become:

1. Smart—GCOs anticipate and fully understand the implications of business change and make effective decisions for addressing these changes;
2. Agile—GCOs immediately turn insight into action, as by rapidly redefining and restructuring processes to address continually evolving business priorities;
3. Innovative—GCOs continually develop and commercialize compelling new products, effective processes and disruptive business models;
4. Global—GCOS capitalize on the rapid growth of emerging markets, continually globalize their workforces and cost structures, and ensure competitiveness with emerging country competitors;
5. Efficient—GSOs continually simplify, automate, accelerate and optimize their organizational structures and business processes;
6. Sustainable/Green—GSO’s reduce energy consumption and carbon footprint, limit resource consumption, and institute leading-edge CSR programs.