3PEAK Global Leadership Forecast Navigating Change in Business, America, and the Global Order

3Peak Global’s Leadership Forecast highlights strategies for CEOs, the U.S., and world leaders navigating change, the decline of globalization, and the rise of regionalism.

CEOs struggling, USA in turmoil, the end of the old world order.

This month we share insights on our changing world and how we can adapt to this new way of living and working.

Summer For CEOs

It’s summer season. Employees are on holidays and many business owners and CEOs are holding the fort alone. Here’s the truth: you don’t need to carry it all yourself. Trust your #2: your COO, Chief of Staff, or operational lead.

Too many CEOs undercut their second-in-command. Or worse, they bypass them entirely and start stirring emotions or messing with priorities amongst the broader team. That’s not leadership… it’s disrespect. If your #2 is doing their job, connect briefly, stay informed, and then step back.

When you’re overwhelmed, stop and review: is something truly broken, or is it just unclear? Call your C-suite together, revisit the big shifts from the past quarter, and reset expectations. Once aligned, get out of the weeds and back into strategy where you’re most valuable.

Make it a habit:

• Check in with your C-suite
• Clean up misunderstandings
• Clarify expectations
• Step back and let them lead

The more you trust the people on the ground, the more they’ll deliver, and the more you’ll avoid becoming the bottleneck.

A Changing USA

We’re living in a time when change isn’t an occasional disruption: it’s the baseline. The reshuffling has already happened. Everyone is in it. Everyone is being asked to “go with the flow,” even when the destination is unclear.

Today’s journey is personal and hyper-specific. Your path won’t look like your neighbor’s, your competitor’s, or even your peers in other countries. There’s no single solution, no universal playbook. The work is to stay present, focus on the tasks in front of you, and let go of what you cannot control.

Many in the U.S. have moved past the old cycles of fear and resistance. Instead of getting lost in what’s “out there,” people are turning inward, quietly tackling what’s theirs to do. It’s a kind of desensitization, but also an opportunity for sharpening: act when the moment is right in front of you, and stay steady in the meantime.

Change what you can. Accept what you can’t. Above all, be here now, and be effective where you stand.

The Rise Of Regionalism

Countries like China and Japan have mastered the art of global engagement without losing their cultural core. They opened their doors to business, innovation, and trade… but not to the wholesale export of their traditions, religion, or identity. The result? Thriving economies, cutting-edge infrastructure, and global respect, all while keeping their heritage intact.

The lesson is simple but profound: bring your goods, your ideas, your excellence, but not your need to remake others in your image. This contrasts with much of the Western approach to globalization over the past century, where economic expansion often came hand-in-hand with cultural imposition.

We’re now at an inflection point. The age of globalization, dominated by a “masculine” impulse to conquer, standardize, and control, is waning. In its place, we’re entering a phase of regionalization, where relationships are forged not by uniformity but by mutual respect and win-win outcomes.

The Americas, too, hold untapped potential in this new era. They share deep threads of history, culture, and ancestry across North, Central, and South America, yet often operate as though the United States stands apart. Recognizing their unity as one could reshape how they negotiate, trade, and grow together.

As tariffs and geopolitical shifts push nations to diversify partnerships, the opportunity is clear: lead by respecting differences, maintaining your identity, and seeking prosperity that doesn’t require domination. The next chapter in global leadership will belong to those who can hold their core while engaging the world with openness.

A Small Reflection

And don’t be worried that you are helpless to do anything. The idea of helplessness has arisen because you have never been told what your resources are.

You have never looked into your resources – your love, your silence, your peace, your compassion, your joy. 

You have never looked into all this inexhaustible potentiality of your being. 

And if thousands of people blossom in love, music, and dance, and the whole earth becomes a celebration, then any crackpot politician is not going to destroy this world.

– Osho

Mino Vlachos leading a business coaching session with CEOs

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