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The transformative power of culturally intelligent mentoring offers tremendous potential for innovation and that elusive competitive edge. Assess yourself.
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A practical guide for businesses and organisations to accelerate the productivity of their people across cultures and borders.
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Hiring staff from overseas? Just because they speak English doesn’t mean they’ll automatically get ‘New Zealand’ or understand Kiwi culture or kiwi workplace culture. Even if they are the new boss or the new talent from a similar culture New Zealand has its own cultural nuances that newcomers will sometimes catch new arrivals by surprise. New Zealand has many avoidable instances where the new management with loads of experience, loads of talent, have simply tried to apply their own cultural norms in the New Zealand context and come unstuck. The result? Avoidable acrimony and often early and...
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It can make you money…It can save you money Managing cultural dynamics in teams to get the best from your team is an essential part of building high performance in teams. In the ideal scenario, teams are united with a clear sense of purpose and direction. They understand the company’s operational and strategic direction. They understand their roles and everyone takes responsibility for their performance in achieving the company’s goal. The team is in sync, team members speak up, offering insights, opinions and at times robust debate but with a clear unified aim of moving...
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Understanding and managing cultural diversity in the kiwi workplace is a challenge newcomers and long-time managers can often grapple with. This is a cross-cultural communications workshop with follow up coaching, specifically designed for people with overseas backgrounds who are working in mainstream New Zealand organisations and/or engaging with a culturally diverse range stakeholders. At times, they be perceived to be underperforming. We are increasingly coming across this observation in our coaching and facilitation. It seems that at times they are reluctant to take part in or contribute...
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Expert facilitation services Focus your energy and creativity on getting the outcomes you need. The people with the most important contribution to make in major planning sessions are often landed with job of facilitating the process. Their energies are divided between contributing to the discussion and the demands of the facilitation process. At times, some of the conversations might be challenging and difficult, and they cannot fully contribute because of the need to facilitate the discussion. An expert facilitator will help teams to understand their common objectives, build agreement and...
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New Zealand and Australia are the ‘lucky countries’. We are relatively wealthy, well-governed and politically stable first world countries. How ‘Cultural Awareness’ training can help New Zealand and Australian businesses achieve their business goals.…
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