Have you entered the cultural training & development contest yet and grabbed a chance of winning a free Life Lenses® assessment? No? What are you waiting for - deadline is June 15th. As I mentioned in a previous post watching out for too-near hippos by night and too-curious monkeys by day, … [Read more...] about No better way to learn about your own cultural training & development roots than to immerse yourself in another
The biggest bird on the block in terms of building nest know-how still have to manage their flock, lessons from problem managers
A recent survey in the Canadian HR Reporter, by Claude Balthazard, reported on human resource professionals' take on problem managers. Cleaning up after them. Sometimes repeatedly. The article had some interesting things to say about some organizational cultures tolerating problem behaviour. A … [Read more...] about The biggest bird on the block in terms of building nest know-how still have to manage their flock, lessons from problem managers
You just never know, surprises Brazilian style
As I mentioned in my last post, I've been at the UN World Urban Forum (WUF) in Rio de Janiero, Brazil where I gave a workshop on cultural intelligence. Here's the behind the scenes story to the workshop, what I didn't tell you in that post. When the time came to start there were only 3 people in … [Read more...] about You just never know, surprises Brazilian style
Cultural intelligence and the UN Rio World Urban Forum
What's your CQ? You may be familiar with IQ, social intelligence and emotional intelligence but the new kid on the block is cultural intelligence. I'm in Rio de Janiero, Brazil at the United Nations World Urban Forum. I've just finished doing a workshop on cultural intelligence, which is a … [Read more...] about Cultural intelligence and the UN Rio World Urban Forum
