Intercultural Coaching - Big Wave

Intercultural Coaching

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Big Wave Intercultural Coaching

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Recently, the internationalization of companies has increased massively. You not only encounter the internationalisation in the business relationships with customers and suppliers, but also in the locations that global players are establishing.

The awareness that cultural diversity releases creativity potential, has led to an increase in diverse and thus also intercultural teams. Experience shows that intercultural teams have to deal with problems and conflicts more often than homogeneous teams. However, if teams resolve the conflicts constructively, they achieve a higher performance. Here is where intercultural coaching from Big Wave comes into place.

In a study on intercultural teams I conducted in 2021, more than 50% of the participants reported misunderstandings and issues in communication, as well as a lack of understanding of different work behaviors in intercultural teams. These factors weigh more heavily than language barriers for most of the interviewed persons.

Let me help you, or you’ll drown, said the friendly monkey and gently placed the fish on the tree.

Intercultural competence and communication has emerged as akey factor for managers and teams. The ability to realize and respect differences and differing ways of doing things, is what distinguishes successful international teams. Likewise, is their ability to recognize when to adapt their behavior and when to make room for diversity.

Big Wave intercultural coaching caters to your individual needs and your teams’ needs. In addition, I offer culture-generic and culture-specific trainings that convey the understanding of different cultures. These trainings help to recognize differences and similarities between cultures, to reflect on one’s own behavior and to adapt when favorable.

My trainings are information and experience based and involve real life case studies, turned to practical use in interactive exercises. Whether you are about to be posted abroad or already are part of a multicultural team, the training will help you to work effectively in intercultural contexts.

“Culture is a mental programming of the people in a society,” says Geert Hofstede. A cultural imprint often cannot be changed by selective and knowledge-based training alone. My long-term experience in multicultural and virtual project teams confirms that. In my experience, there is an additional need for process related and customised measures.

Therefore, I offer intercultural team coaching as an accompanying measure. You are leading a virtual international team and there is no opportunity for face-to-face coaching? No problem. I offer coaching and training also online – thanks to professional and innovative platforms. If desired, online and face-to-face sessions can be combined.

In Germany, I also offer intercultural training and coaching for international experts.

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