Intercultural Leadership
Intercultural Leadership
Intercultural Leadership has its challenges. There is strategic planning and designing of actionable steps. Then, these plans need to be executed with confidence. Teams—staff and volunteers—need to be led. Conflicts need to be addressed and resolved. All this can be overwhelming. Add to the mix different cultural views, and it gets very interesting.
The concept of Emotional Intelligence and Cultural Intelligence calls for self-awareness and other-awareness. Our PASSION Portfolio® can help you create awareness that benefits you personally and your organization's leadership.
Multicultural Teams
Leading a team is one thing. Having a team work together is sometimes a different experience altogether. Leading a multicultural team is almost an art. Does your team know each other? Each other’s cultural nuances? Does your team know its purpose? Do they all understand their role in the broader organization? Or would you prefer to have a team that can improve in specific areas?
With the PASSION Portfolio®, we can examine your team, the personalities that shape it, and the uniqueness that drives your decisions. Intercultural Team Coaching is designed to help your team reach its full potential.
Coaching setup
Whether you are looking into Intercultural Coaching as an individual, a team, or the whole organization, our coaching can be tailored to your needs. We offer individual coaching sessions, coaching packages, or weekend workshops. Schedule a free 40-minute consultation to get some clarity on what coaching can look like for you, or schedule your first full coaching session to get started.
Other Coaching Services
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Let us come into your organization and, with you, develop a plan that propels your organization into a purpose-driven future. Elements of strategic planning include:
Creating a Vision and a Mission Statement
Defining Action Steps for Specific Areas
Setting S.M.A.R.T. goals - 6 months out, 1 year out, 3 years out, and 5 years out
Implementing the first steps in the new direction
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Any leadership involves working alongside people. Sometimes, it is peers, and sometimes, it is subordinates. But it is always working together. Teamwork can be challenging. However, it can be learned. Bring the right people with the right skills and an awareness of their personalities together, and you will be able to form great teams.
Team Dynamics & Team Culture
The right people in the right seats
Mediation in Conflicting Situations
Let us come alongside your team and help you form a team that is efficient and fun to work with.
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It is one thing to have the right people on the bus; it is another to train him for the specific task at hand. However, we know that the busyness of your work often does not allow extra time to prepare for a training session. e can help with that:
Preparing speeches & learning presentations kills
Leading up and down the chain of command
Leading small teams & group discussions
These are just a few topics we can help you with; probably best within a workshop setting.
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In a multicultural world, it becomes more and more necessary to be equipped with tools to communicate well. It is our experience that these things are learned on the go, but that does not eliminate the need to get prepared in advance for what might come.
Cross-Cultural Awareness
Traveling tips & Re-Entry
Cross-Cultural Conflict Resolution
Basics of the Language Learning
Our cross-cultural coaching can help you be prepared for and feel confident as you step into this new world. And if you need some advice or check-ins along the way as you lead cross-culturally, we have you covered there too.
All services can be offered in 🇺🇸 English, 🇪🇨 Español, & 🇩🇪 Deutsch.
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Sample the topic of …
Teamwork when leading Change
It is said that “Change is the only constant in life.” This statement is undoubtedly true in leadership. However, leading through change must always consider the team that will carry the work of the change and make it happen. In only seven minutes you will learn some valuable lessons about leading your team when leading change. Reach out to us if you want to know more.
Two Book I highly Recommend regarding the topic of change:
John Kotter’s now-legendary eight-step process for managing change with positive results has become the foundation for leaders and organizations across the globe. By outlining the process every organization must go through to achieve its goals, and by identifying where and how even top performers derail during the change process, Kotter provides a practical resource for leaders and managers charged with making change initiatives work. Leading Change is widely recognized as his seminal work and is an important precursor to his newer ideas on acceleration published in Harvard Business Review. (Purchase the book on Amazon)
Even though it is more of an all-around handbook on leadership, Justin Irving draws wisdom from the Bible, contemporary leadership theory, and the insights of over two hundred executive leaders, thus providing a theological framework that makes human flourishing the driving motivation for leading organizations. He helps readers invest in their own growth to become leaders who motivate, inspire, and nurture. There are two chapters on change leadership: One about the need for change when a crisis hits and the second on planned and structured change management. (Purchase the book on Amazon)
Workshops & Training
For the last decades, we have had our share of learning experiences. We have learned life lessons, prepared material, and used leadership tools that have proven successful, or yet another lesson to be learned. We realize it is time to share these tools, our material, and our experience. Check out some of the topics for workshops and training we are prepared to offer. Then, schedule a meeting to discuss learning options.
Intercultural Leadership -> Understanding multicultural experiences and communications at the basic level.
Multicultural Teamwork -> How Group Dynamics and Team Purpose Play a Vital Role.
Preaching -> Moving from selecting the topic, to preparing the sermon, to presenting with confidence.
Small Group Gatherings -> Leading and managing the group, discussions, and other aspects of life.
