Not many people enjoy receiving feedback and fewer are good at giving good feedback. But feedback is an essential success factor – done well, it leads to growth and greater innovation. And if you don’t factor in cultural differences, your feedback is unlikely to be effective.

Andrew Wright, a senior Country Navigator coach, will help you understand how to give great impactful feedback which can be adapted to the cultural styles of the recipient.

With 30,000 decisions made each day, we need confidence that we get the importance right. But we often base decisions on faulty input, we don’t account for culture or the way our brain works.

This masterclass and learning path examines the ways our brain makes decisions, proposing cultural intelligence as a framework to remove false assumptions. Learners will gain practical ways to make better decisions.

In a VUCA context, a lack of cultural intelligence can further hinder effective business relationships, creativity and productivity. A global mindset is one of the most looked for skills in leaders.

This masterclass and learning path will help learners operate effectively in international teams by helping them understand the skills to manage the VUCA context using cultural intelligence.

We all work with people from other cultures – different expectations, styles and behaviors. Without a proactive approach to managing cultures, we can never achieve the team’s potential.

This masterclass and learning path deconstruct culture and give practical ways that cross-border teams can work with a cultural lens, increasing productivity and performance.

Teams can get comfortable with the way things are, falling into a risk-avoiding trap that stifles creativity and new-thinking. Problems are hard to overcome and new ideas are not encouraged.

Andrew Wright started his Communications, Media, and Coaching career in the television industry. He spent 10 years as a broadcaster, journalist and producer for the Radio and Television industry. Andrew’s career has brought him into contact with people in an eclectic range of multinational and multicultural environments.

How often is inclusion a matter brought to the table at your company? Do you believe your organization is inclusive? If a new person joined your team, would they feel the same?

Andy Brough has designed and delivered a wide variety of negotiation, influencing and leadership programs. As a big picture-bottom line thinker, he facilitates around organizational and management development in effective communication, as well as transformational leadership and personal effectiveness.

The flexibility of hybrid teams sometimes comes at the cost of clarity, transparency and sharing. Workers, used to oversight can lose focus and productivity and are less collaborative.

Facilitator: Jacquelyn Reeves was born in the USA and has lived in Germany for much of her professional life, enabling her to live and practice her values of empathy, intellectual curiosity, analysis and applying a real-world analysis in the personal context. As an experienced facilitator and adult educator on leadership across cultures, she intermediates between German-based companies, international executives and the outside world.  She is constantly updating her skillset and loves to learn more about the brain, perception and decision-making in the workplace, as well as to challenge leaders and groups to find collaborative ways through.

Organizations are facing a problem. Their employees don’t feel comfortable challenging their leaders – they are afraid to disagree or speak out. Whether it’s questioning a risky decision or calling out problematic behavior, the silent majority remains silent and those who do speak out are silenced, ignored or left out. Turnover is high and creativity is low.

Facilitator: Mark Edwards is all about learning and change and having fun in the process.  He is an energetic, creative and insightful coach, consultant, trainer, facilitator and has created change for both individuals and global organisations.  Based in London, Mark has lived and worked in Brazil, South Africa and Israel and has also worked across Europe, India, Canada and the USA.  Mark is appreciated for his warmth, directness, clarity and ability to create safe and powerful environments for maximum learning.

What happens when we let our unconscious biases drive our thinking, behavior and decisions? How can we expect our employees and colleagues to bring their whole selves to work if, by doing that, it makes them feel vulnerable? How can we deal with microaggressions effectively, as individuals and organizations?

Facilitator: Megan Anderson (Megan’s broad backgrounds spans over 18 years working in the field of corporate leadership development. This work has included the design and delivery of numerous leadership and team development programmes at all levels of leadership in both large and small organisations.)