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We are so excited to welcome Julie Heiligenberg as our latest fully certified Intercultural Agility (IA) Practitioner. Here is how she is using her Intercultural Agility training: "I hope to continue helping interculturally married couples create thriving relationships through our online Thriving Intercultural Marriage workshops with my husband, Bart. I will also continue helping other groups and individuals in the UAE and beyond to understand other worldviews and have better intercultural interactions!" If you'd like to learn how you can become an Intercultural Agility Practitioner and create a thriving culture where everyone feels like they belong, go to: https://lnkd.in/gwMn5nMj

One of the greatest strengths of Intercultural Agility is the mastery of Perception Management: The idea of slowing down, creating space, and even rewiring your brain in the way it perceives self, others, relationships, and the context in which a given relationship exists. As humans, we aren’t often trained intentionally on how to ‘perceive’. Rather, it’s something that happens organically when we’re young and living in our home cultural context. We learn to look for certain cues, such as intonation, gestures, word choice, body language, etc. and then associate meaning to them, to which we then respond accordingly. While this is the perfectly natural result of a homogenous community that practices cultural norms, it doesn’t set a person up for success on the global stage. Read the full article: https://lnkd.in/gE_iWHaR

Discover the secrets to applying cultural agility successfully on teams with our esteemed guest, Linda Berlot PCC, ORSCC, whose 20 years of living in Dubai and working across various countries have uniquely positioned her to identify and bridge cultural differences. Linda's rich tapestry of experiences reveals how intercultural agility can transform team miscommunication into curiosity and mutual understanding, ultimately enhancing collaboration and effectiveness. Listen to the full episode at: https://lnkd.in/gPMra83S

Counseling inherently cannot work with a one-size-fits-all approach. As the world globalizes, counselors need to navigate cultural differences with clients. So how does a counselor serve a diverse clientele? How does one step outside of their perception and cultural leanings to meet a client in a space that accounts for and honors their culture and heart language? Read the full article: https://lnkd.in/gwQ7dcaU

We are so excited to welcome Shannon Singh as our latest fully certified Intercultural Agility (IA) Practitioner. Here is how she is using her Intercultural Agility training: "I utilize intercultural agility by creating and driving initiatives that promote collaboration and understanding among employees from diverse cultural backgrounds, ensuring that everyone’s contributions are valued and integrated into the organization's goals. I will also use it to tailor HR practices such as performance management, employee engagement, and leadership development to fit the cultural contexts of various regions, ensuring relevance and effectiveness in different cultural settings." If you'd like to learn how you can become an Intercultural Agility Practitioner and create a thriving culture where everyone feels like they belong, go to: https://lnkd.in/gwMn5nMj

How can you truly appreciate, honor, and empower diverse perspectives? By understanding and applying the Three Colors of Worldview, you can develop intercultural agility and recognize individual uniqueness. In this 2nd episode of the Three Colors of Worldview series, we clarify its purpose and emphasize the importance of not misusing it to stereotype regions or cultures. By stretching beyond natural preferences, one can foster a richer comprehension of different cultural patterns and enhance interactions and relationships. Listen to the full episode: https://lnkd.in/gtaPmfTQ

"Leadership is influence, nothing more, nothing less." - John C. Maxwell If leadership is influence, then global leadership is influence at a global scale crossing national and cultural boundaries. Too many global leaders bear the cost of low staff morale and high staff turnover to no avail. It’s time to try something new and reap the rewards of a team that is not just surviving, but thriving as it faces the challenges of this fast-paced, global economy head-on. So, how can global leaders build relational capital and set their teams up to succeed? Read more at: https://lnkd.in/d5jRdQkg

More than 100 languages and 100 cultures within one nationality. Ethiopia is a country with multiple stories, one of them is internal problems between culturally different groups, another one is a country with enormous potential and great people. Our KnowledgeWorkx Global Partner Arjen Brussé recently conducted an inspiring intercultural training at YEP Ethiopia and shared: “It was inspiring to be with ambitious young professionals in a country with so much local cultural diversity. It was really rewarding to turn on the cultural spotlight and to see how the trainees start to recognize and understand many intercultural interactions in their lives. The multitude of cultures inside Ethiopia mean cultural agility is an essential skill to navigate all the cultural challenges inside the country as well as the relationships with suppliers, stakeholders and clients from other cultures.” The students that went through the training shared about it: 🗣 “This is very useful for inside our country already. Our internal trouble is highly related to lack of cultural awareness and lack of cultural intelligence.” 🗣 “I never thought about different cultural worldviews before this training.” 🗣 “Intercultural training needs to be part of the curriculum. It is highly relevant to understand and improve our intercultural business.”

What if understanding three simple colors could transform your perspective on intercultural connection? Join us as Shelley Reinhart welcomes Marco, International Director of KnowledgeWorks, to discuss the innovative framework known as the Three Colors of Worldview. We challenge the limitations of traditional intercultural literature by unveiling a more profound approach that transcends country-specific clichés. Drawing inspiration from psychometric tools and Roland Muller's groundbreaking work, this discovery tool offers deeper insights into our self-cultural identities, moving beyond superficial tips and tricks. https://lnkd.in/gmrRgZ-x

Culture is all around us. It is the lens through which we see the world. Which means more often than not, we don't see it head-on. Instead, we see its impact. So, how can we create organizational cultures where everyone can recognize and choose the parts of their culture they want to bring with them into the organizational culture? Intercultural Agility tools such as the 12 Dimensions of Culture will give your employees and coworkers neutral language as they navigate issues of culture and diversity. This neutral language is common ground and gives everyone equal, solid footing, opening pathways for healthy, engaged, understanding conversations. https://lnkd.in/gA-8UZZr