
As professional coaches, our
specialism is crosscultural communication and coaching.
We support you
when facing challenges arising from different cultures - within your company at
home, in other locations, or when merging, acquiring or joint venturing, or
expanding to new markets or simply opening new offices abroad.
Working
across country and cultural borders can be demanding. It calls for adaptation
to new ways of thinking, working and living.
The first step is to find
out what you can about the country, the language, general standards, customs,
traditions and norms of behaviour. This is relatively
straightforward.
For a deeper understanding, however, it is essential to
become aware of your own cultural traits and the cultural qualities of your
partners - at the personal, business and national level.
This is where
The CrossCulturalists offer you a special method for developing your business
competence in this sector: our crosscultural coaching approach.
Careful
listening, questioning, sometimes challenging, encouraging, sympathising and
sharing are some of the basic tools The CrossCulturalists coaches apply in this
process.
Starting from where you, the client, are at the moment, our
comprehensive and methodical approach ensures that all the major underlying
issues are addressed: values, prejudices, convictions, beliefs - yours, and
those of other nationalities.
Equipped with this values-based approach,
we believe your crosscultural business competence will prove to be a decisive
factor in your executive decision-making.
The CrossCulturalists have
developed special coaching tools that can be applied flexibly in the specific
situation facing you.
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