doing the best of who you are, wherever you are

I am seeking companies to partner in a virtual learning project for developing global leadership potential in expatriates on assignment. See The Expat Gym for information.

What are you doing to develop the global leadership potential of your managers WHILE they are on an expatriate assignment?

The sink or swim approach has its advantages — no time, organizational or monetary investment.  Some  managers sink, and others learn to paddle — but as every champion knows, perfecting skills that lead to achieving potential takes consistent, incremental work over time  — with a coach.

Experience in another cultural environment adds nothing if it is not reflected upon to extract the learning.  Learning adds nothing if it is not translated into action steps. Action steps add nothing if they do not welcome feedback. Feedback adds nothing if actions are not revised accordingly.

It takes conscious, focused, incremental work over time  to develop intercultural competencies, cultural intelligence and a global mindset – and return home with enhanced global leadership potential.

I regularly work with expatriates on assignment as a cross-culutral trainer and exective coach and believe that they are capable of doing the very best of who they are, wherever they are.

What they need to put this capability into action is:

• guided reflection on personal experiences to extract the learning,
• customized strategies based on personal strengths, experiences, talents, personality traits,
• a platform for constructively sharing “what works” with other expats,
• meta-level conversations that support intercultural learning,

So what can you do?

Please contact me to start a conversation on how I can help you to develop a tailored virtual learning program for your managers on expatriate assignments. You could be the right company to partner in this project!

Elizabeth

I felt a bit nervous about the first session, but that abated quickly. I soon realized that coaching is about working with what you’ve got and not recreating oneself from scratch. The positive surprise was that looking back, I see that in improving one area of my life, others benefited too.
—Estelle, Publishing Professional, South African in Italy