leadership
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Intercultural Competence
Seven Dimensions of Culture
Ever wonder why 2 people can have completely different reactions to the same thing? Or why some people just don’t seem to “see sense” in the same way you do, regardless of how obvious the problem/solution may be to you? The answer to this may lie in the fact that each person has been raised with and learned a certain…
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Being civically engaged
Facilitation as a leadership style
As leadership expert Warren Bennis once stated, “leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.” Leadership means different things to different people around the world, and different things in different situations. For example, it could relate to community leadership, religious leadership, political leadership, and leadership of campaigning groups. The words “leader” and “leadership” are often used incorrectly to describe…
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Being civically engaged
Express your voice – Conscience vs Ego
Description: The Whole Person Paradigm tool (linked) identifies the four elements of human nature (body, mind, heart, and spirit). Corresponding to those four elements are four capacities or intelligence that every human being possesses: physical (PQ), mental (IQ), emotional (EQ), and spiritual (SQ) intelligence. Mental Intelligence (IQ) – When we speak of intelligence, we usually think in terms of mental…
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Being civically engaged
Natural and moral authority
Stephen Covey identifies the natural laws with human principles. In his book “the 8th Habit” he states that principles are like natural laws. They are universal – they transcend culture and geography. They are timeless, and they never change – principles such as fairness, kindness, respect, honesty, integrity, service and contribution. Different cultures may translate into different practices, nevertheless, they…
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Being civically engaged
Do I Walk my Talk?
#values Description Being civically engaged means that you are standing up for something you believe in. If you want to make a change based on your beliefs it needs to start with yourself – firstly by understanding your values and beliefs and secondly by being aware of your goals and how everyday behavior reflect those values and beliefs. Your behavior…
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Being civically engaged
Personal values assessment
https://elements.envato.com/thinking-of-something-V8C9GUN Increasing the personal awareness of your values is of utmost importance to understand the direction of your civic engagement and empowerment in society. In simplest terms, personal value is something that person values, one’s judgment of what is important in life, principles or standards of behavior on which basis your perceptions are built, and the decisions are done. Consciously…
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Competence model articles
The Culturally Intelligent Trainer
It seems there are 2 lines of thought when it comes to intercultural competence. The first will say that “there is no such thing as culture” and having self-awareness and empathy is more important than developing a deep understanding of the other culture. The other will focus a lot on the greetings, clothing, habits, beliefs, modes of operation of different…
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Competence model articles
7 ways to deal with ambiguity in a training context
Why did I choose this tool? I like this tool because it takes a pragmatic approach of actually working to reduce the ambiguity rather than wallowing in it, and I find that to be helpful while there is a different way of looking at the topic of ambiguity. I don’t think that exploring in too much depth the concept of…
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An ability to be empathetic
Open first
Why did I choose this tool? One of many the deciding moments for me to quit innovation consulting and to build an app focused on emotions was quite simple: I liked a girl and I wanted to know if she liked me. However, I had been hoping that she would tell me how she felt about me BEFORE I told…
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