Content about Globalization

March 26, 2012
The Global Mindset

Professionals who lived abroad for several years have learned to develop a global mindset the hard way, often experiencing painful failures, being forced to re-evaluate the way they approach foreign markets. Training employees and giving them the tools needed to develop the global mindset needed to succeed prior to engaging in international endeavors is by far the most effective way to conduct international business and retain employees.

By Valerie Berset-Price

November 23, 2011
Best Practices: Diversity Dimensions

Global diversity rollouts can—and should—be implemented successfully, but too frequently problems arise because the company’s original diversity initiatives, based purely on an American perspective, are merely expanded geographically without regard for cultural approaches to diversity.

By Neal Goodman, Ph.D., President, Global Dynamics, Inc.

March 24, 2011
Best Practices: Cultivating Cultural Intelligence

The better a training department can capture, retain, and disseminate its acquired cultural intelligence throughout the organization, the greater the strategic value it will bring.

By Neal Goodman, Ph.D.

If you open to the business section of any newspaper, you’ll see that regardless of where a company is headquartered, it likely is struggling with the development and movement of talent to deal with the global, culturally diverse workplace and marketplace.