Yet almost everywhere, people are struggling to become effective leaders and high performing teams. So, why is that? Of course, it’s a complex issue and there are multiple dimensions but one very basic factor is that team and leadership have very different meanings for different people; driven by different values, lived with very different behaviours, and … to make matters even more challenging, people claim their own model to be the best. And when diverse international teams are created, the very different expectations of team and leadership can quickly become a very real problem for effective … teamwork.