Cross Cultural Mentoring

The cross-cultural mentoring program is a structured and facilitated process to pair managers or senior members with protégés who are women or people of color. Addressing these groups is important since they are traditionally excluded from vital career mentoring relationships.

Benefits to Organizations:

• Help managers understand different values, expectations and working styles
• Increase sensitivity regarding employees from diverse backgrounds
• Increase employee motivation and productivity
• Increase retention rate and recruiting success

Benefits to Employees:

• Receive career guidance from an experienced member of the organization
• Learn about the unwritten rules and organizational culture
• Increase visibility
• Gain a confidante or advisor to help solve sensitive problems

Effective Intercultural Communication

In a global economy individuals must interact or work with others from diverse backgrounds with different cultural values and communication patterns. Understanding cultural differences in behavior or communicative styles can prevent misperceptions and conflicts. Effective intercultural communication skills are necessary to be successful working in such a multicultural environment. The workshop provides both content and process to help participants increase intercultural awareness, knowledge and development effective intercultural communication skills.