Some of the characteristics of the new breed of global leaders include Question 8 options: a) The skills and abilities to interact with and manage people from the diverse cultural backgrounds that populate their multinational companies. b) Sufficiently flexible to operate comfortably in pluralistic cultural environments. c) Knows at least one foreign language and understands the complexities of interaction with people from other cultures. d) All of the above

Leadership can be defined as a process which typically involves motivating, encouraging and inspiring employees working under an individual to be innovative and create positive changes that will foster growth and enhance the success of a group, business firm, state, or country in the future.

A leader can be defined as an individual who is saddled with the responsibility of controlling, managing and maintaining a group of people under him or her. Some types of power expressed by leaders are referent power, legitimate power, coercive power, etc.

Generally, leaders use their powers to get other people to follow them.

In conclusion, all of the aforementioned characteristics are possessed by the new breed of global leaders across the world.