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Global Nomads – What Their Diverse Identity adds to Your Team

Posted on November 27, 2017 by Nita Korsten

While I write this blog, the tunes of the song Motherland from Nathalie Merchant sound in my headphones. It reminds me of the conversation I recently facilitated with a group of amazing women from eleven different nations from the MENA (Middle East, North Africa) region. It led me to think about identity and how I

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English as a Global Language – 7 Struggles and Solutions

Posted on June 12, 2017 by Nita Korsten

By: Nita Korsten and Kathy Czako Once upon a time… Mrs. Snow, the CEO of an international company, led her quarterly sales meeting on the 46th floor of a giant glass and concrete skyscraper in a country far, far away. Her seven devoted staff members surrounded Mrs. Snow. They had gathered from various countries from

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Tell Your Story with your Headphones on

Posted on February 20, 2017 by Theresa Sigillito Hollema

Have you heard a good story lately? Most of us love to hear a good story, and we all have a great story to tell – our own. Barker and Gower show through the Narrative Paradigm Theory that story telling is a cross-culturally accepted communication tool and a quick method to build relationships, especially in a diverse environment.

Posted in Team Development, Working Across Cultures, Working Virtually

Lost in Intercultural Space

Posted on October 18, 2016 by Robert Paul Schwippert

When Jim – a US manager working for a global IT company – approached me he was to the point, very efficient and straightforward, just as his question was: ‘I got this new team, consisting of UK based staff and Southern Europeans. We are responsible for running the IT Operations for Europe but I don’t

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Book recommendation: Globalization of Love

Posted on June 16, 2016 by Theresa Sigillito Hollema

Globalization of Love – Creating the Future Ambassadors of Peace As consultants, we are so busy focusing on the impact of culture on the business or political environments that we overlook where differences in culture really get personal and heated – between two people in love. Wendy Williams has put a microscope to these relationships

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