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European Diversity Award
intercultures Geschäftsführerin in Spanien für Diversity Award nominiert Wie erzeugt Diversität einen Mehrwert in Unternehmen? Die Antworten auf diese Fragen sind relativ einfach: Flexible aber stetige Rahmensetzung, tiefes Bewusstsein über die Unterschiede und die...
Intercultural Training: Living and Working in Switzerland
Welcome to Switzerland Have you just arrived in Switzerland or lived and worked here for a while and still feel that sometimes you don’t understand, why some things work in the way they do? Would you like to know more about Switzerland, feel comfortable in this...
Blind Spots
Blind Spots I am an intercultures consultant based in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (West Africa).The story I am about to tell you has the potential to help you see something you have been missing. Something important. As part of my interest in learning more about life in...
How to Avoid a Cross-Cultural Blunder
How to Avoid a Cross-Cultural Blunder If you have caught the international news recently, you may understand why it is an exciting time to be in Burkina Faso. On 21 October 2014 the Burkinabégovernment agreed to send a controversial bill to the National Assembly. One...
Never Say This to an Expat
Never say this to an expert We have all been there. Someone comes back from a 2-year assignment in an exotic location. Your interest is sparked. The first thing you ask is, “So, what was it like?” The person looks back at you and says, “It was great.” You say, “I am...
Seven Game Changers: Coping with stress
Seven Game Changers: Coping with stress It´s me again, Sundae Schneider-Bean - intercultures consultant based in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (West Africa). I´ve just returned from my summer break back home in the United States and Switzerland and I´d like to share a...
This bicyclist can teach you global skills
This bicyclist can teach you global skills Let me share with you a snapshot from my life in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso – and with it a perspective of how you can apply its wisdom to your own life and business. You might be surprised that this extraordinary bike rider...
Vive les Différences: Deutsch-Französisches Management
Beitrag: Deutsch-Französische Zusammenarbeit Prof. Dr. Christoph Barmeyer, Professor für Interkulturelle Kommunikation an der Universität Passau und in einer seiner vielen Identitäten auch langjähriger Partner von intercultures, spricht im französischen TV über...
Leadership in Motion
Nach ihrem erfolgreichen Projekt zur Unterstützung von Expats bei der Anpassung an das Leben und Arbeiten in Barcelona, werden unsere Beraterinnen Anna Zelno und Claudia Issa ein neues Projekt zum Thema „Diversity Management- jenseits der Etiketten“ vorstellen. Wenn Sie eine inklusive Führungskraft werden wollen und das Potenzial der Diversität als Quelle für Innovation und Produktivität nutzen wollen, freuen wir uns auf Ihren Besuch beim Kongress Leadership in Motion, der von der Factor Humà Foundation organisiert wird.
Intercultural Training: Living and Working in Switzerland
Have you just arrived in Switzerland or lived and worked here for a while and still feel that sometimes you don’t understand, why some things work in the way they do? Would you like to know more about Switzerland, feel comfortable in this country and work effectively in an international team? Learn more!
The Needs of Our Time: On Reverse Globalization
“Be anxiously concerned with the needs of the age ye live in, and center your deliberations on its exigencies[i] and requirements.” – Persian Holy Man, 19th century Keeping the Balance in Increased Complexity To what extent are you reimagining the role you can...
¡Felicidades, intercultures España!
Working Better Globally – The first conference of its kind in Spain, concluded late Sept. in Barcelona. Organized by intercultures in partnership with Intercultural Campus and Diversity Icebreaker— and in collaboration with SIETAR España— the exclusive focus of the…