If something needs to be done, it often needs to be done immediately, so your motivated employees will jump in to fill the breach and the next thing you know they are managing a small team or project.
Later in my career, when I was managing a large, multi-national pricing project, German and American team members were having difficulty working with French colleagues.
Throughout this project, the student-led team has discovered some poignant lessons for the business community in terms of managing stakeholders and finding ways to develop solutions that maximize gains and minimize adverse effects.