You work as a Human Resources Manager for a multinational sales corporation. The parent office is in New York City with additional offices in South Africa, Mexico, Germany, and France. Approximately 50% of the employees are female, 30% are from the United States, 10% are located in South Africa, 20% are in Mexico, 20% are in Germany, and 20% are in France. The CEO of the organization has asked you to present for the management staff on ensuring the organization's performance management system is culturally sensitive, equitable, and inclusive of several cultural, gender, and racial and ethnic groups.

Answer the following

• Identify some of the challenges managers might face in ensuring performance management systems are sensitive to differences in culture, gender, race and ethnicity.
  • Ensure you address cultural, racial, gender, and ethnic groups challenges.
• Provide specific steps managers could take to overcome these challenges.
• Identify at least five best practices for managing global talent, justifying each in your speaker notes.