Do you manage people in global teams? Are you leading people and processes internationally and across cultures? Then this seminar is for you! Welcome to an interactive seminar where you will get the insights into…
Browsing CategoryCROSS CULTURAL
Creating Successful Business Relationships across Cultures
Do your Finnish team members never seem to express emotions? Do your Swedish clients take an eternity to make a decision? Have you ever been frustrated at your American coworkers’ braggadocio? Cultural differences in communications…
American Optimism, Finnish Sisu and Old Fashioned Grit
I grew up in a small town in western Finland. My family was a typical middle-class Finnish family, except that we come from the small Swedish-speaking minority. Both of my parents grew up on farms….
The Joys and Struggles of an Intercultural Couple
Being married to someone from a different cultural background than your own is both exciting and challenging. The differences that brought the two of you together may, over time, become those that cause most friction. …
Finnish SISU
A couple of years ago I gave a presentation on SISU-Resilience the Finnish Way at a conference. Today I’d like to revisit and elaborate on that topic . In Finland we have something called Sisu….
A Familiar but Foreign Game Decoded: My Search for Finnish Baseball or Pesäpallo
By Philip DiDio European vacations inspire dreams of cathedrals, museums, Mediterranean beaches, speedy train rides arriving on schedules defined by 24 hour clocks. It’s the Europe of the Mission Impossible and Bourne movie cycles. My…
Bridging the Culture Gap between you and your American Employer
In my cross-cultural career workshops for expatriates or immigrants to the USA, we have an exercise where we brainstorm and discuss assumptions, biases and fears. The purpose of the exercise is to identify our own…
The Art of Story Telling
Tell me about yourself! What is your story? Where have you been and where are you heading? How many of us have not been caught by surprise when someone we just met asks us to…
How I Networked My Way into the US Job Market
I moved to the US over 12 years ago. I still recall my first attempts to look for a job. The economy was strong so there were plenty of jobs around. The New York Times…