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Coaching Across Cultures

Guest Author — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 14:09:45 +0000

Guest Author: Cody Benoit, TCA Intern

Have you run into new leadership challenges due to globalization? Have you found that workers from different cultures require adding new perspectives and skills to your management toolbox? If so, Global leaders coaching-Coaching Across Culture, a paper written by Doudou Fall may be of interest to you.

This paper is about learning to understand and explore the different challenges and perspectives of coaching globally, as well as the strategy intended to face these challenges and be successful.

“Coaching Across Cultures” is also a summary of several articles, reading, extracts and literature searches by authors in management and strategy, as well as professionals with a specific knowledge of coaching within multiple cultures.

If you find that you are looking for some tips on adapting your leadership skills to be better prepared to deal with managing in situations with multiple cultures, then enjoy downloading “Coaching Across Cultures.”

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Cody Benoit is a rising Sophomore at Elon University. He is a Isabella Cannon Leadership Fellow, as well as a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon and the Balanced Man Program. He is the Director of the Incoming Leadership Fellows for the Class of 2014, along with being a member of Lead Team and an Orientation Leader at his university. Cody is currently serving as a summer 2010 intern for TheCoachingAssociation.com.

Globally Responsible Leadership Initiative

Barbara Demarest — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:25:34 +0000

Globally Responsible Leadership Initiative – TCA Coach John Alexander is involved with this international organization. The concept of global responsibility is a new and evolving subject which goes well beyond traditional notions of corporate citizenship. To read more about developing in-company workshops on globally responsible leadership, read this pdf download article from The GRLI Partner Magazine from the Summer of 2009 written by John Alexander and Uwe Steinwender of the Daimler Corporate Academy.

My Approach to Executive Development

Barbara Demarest — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:20:58 +0000

My Approach to Executive Development by David K. Hurst — this four page PDF outlines how David prepares people for senior roles in organizations.

MIT World™ – A Free Learning Resource

Barbara Demarest — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:06:14 +0000

MIT World™ is a fantastic, free, and informative website sponsored and maintained by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It is a database of more than 600 videos of from significant public events at MIT. This is a free and open site with on demand videos that a coaching friend of mine pointed out to me and you can go there too. The site is: www.mitworld.mit.edu.

For those of us in the executive coaching, leadership development, and business consulting realm, this is some wonderful and inspiring stuff! The topical index for the site includes:

Architecture/Planning
Arts
Biotechnology
Defense/Military
Economics
Education
Engineering
Environment/Energy
Exploration/Travel
History
Innovation/Invention
International Affairs
Business/Leadership
Media
Medicine
MIT
National Security
Public Policy
Science
Technology

Browsing through the videos, I found several that caught my eye:

Linda Mason, Chairman of the 1.3 billion dollar Bright Horizons enterprise talking about how she and her husband came to launch and build their business during a tough economic time.
Timothy Brown, from IDEO talking about “Innovation through Design Thinking”
“Innovation Leadership during Economic Crisis” by Emmanuel Maceda from Bain and Company

What a rich resource of learning for coaches and their clients. I also saw Thomas Friedman, Bill Gates, and Barack Obama on the list of recorded lectures and presentations.

Here’s how the site describes itself and its mission:

“MIT World™ answers that question by publishing key presentations by the MIT faculty and guest speakers who are shaping the future. These free, on-demand videos, available 24/7 to viewers worldwide, reflect and extend MIT’s educational mission—to provide the best education in science, technology, and related fields—to engaged learners anytime, anywhere.

More a publication of thought leadership, and less a news site, MIT World aims to capture the pulse and excitement of the range of ideas discussed at MIT every day and share them with the world. A growing archive of more than 585 works offers insights on topics ranging from architecture to innovation to technology and sustainability. Cumulatively, these presentations by world-class thinkers and doers map great ideas in the making.”

So, when you need a little brain boost, check it out!