The global leader
“Just because they’re not on your road doesn’t mean they’ve gotten lost.”
Dalai Lama.
This bite-sized learning module explores global diversity and how to lead others to achieve the best results and collaboration across geographical boundaries.
Whether you are working in your own country, or living and working abroad, the chances are that you are increasingly leading or doing business with people who are geographically distant or diverse – with all the opportunities, excitement and challenges that this raises.
In this comprehensive package of practical learning, you will explore how to communicate, develop trust, work with power, understand attitudes to hierarchy and decision making, be sensitive to different ways of handling conflict, feedback and performance management … and much more.
Programme contents
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Global contexts and cultures
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Global culture and communication
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Global culture and trust-building
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Global culture and influencing, persuading and motivating
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Global culture and evaluating, challenging and feeding back
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Global culture and power, authority, hierarchy and decision making
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Virtual Peer Support Groups – options
This programme offers
Work through it in your own way - binge or nibble?
Some people like to 'binge learn', meaning that they allocate a whole day, and sink into a thorough immersion in a whole module. Others prefer to take 2 hours per week, and work through a single lesson at a time.
Our courses are ideally suited to both - you are in control and you can work in the way you want, at the time you want.
Whatever your preference is, you are advised to book time in your diary, to ensure you get into a learning habit.
Different types of media to suit all needs
Each lesson will mix videos to watch, with material to read and explore.
Plus there are downloadable handouts, worksheets, templates and checklists to print and take away, and keep for future reference.
A little more about the 'lessons' included in this course ...
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More detail on each of the lessons
Get ready to learn
This lesson is all about preparing for a great learning experience. It helps you to settle into the use of the e-learning platform, and understand the nature of an 'action learning' or 'action inquiry' mindset.
Many of us have dropped out of the habit of experimental action and reflective practice - in our busy, working worlds. We run relentlessly from one task to another, barely pausing to notice the real responses from others around us or notice our own habitual auto-pilots. So, for some, the return to an inquiry-led journaling process, will be a new discipline to work into your day.
The video explains why doing ALL these things (as a learning cycle) is essential to any lasting change.
We include this lesson in all our courses and bite-size products - so if you have seen this before, you can skip it and move straight on.
Global contexts and cultures
This suite of lessons draws on the work of Erin Meyer, Geert Hofstede, Fons Trompenaars and Richard Lewis (amongst others) to take a substantial but pragmatic look at the challenges and opportunities that arise when working across multiple geographies, with different cultures and norms.
The lessons firstly open up the core models that are of most use, and then applies them in a deep dive into how different assumptions and societal norms play out in the realms of:
- Complex communications
- Trust and trust building
- Influence, education and motivation.
- Evaluation, challenge, criticism and feedback.
- Power, authority and imposition.
Each lesson offers downloadables and exercises that you can use to develop the creative potential of a diverse, global team. Your programme may offer all, or a selection of these topics depending on the course topic. The full range is available in our Global Leader Programme.
Frequently asked questions
How long can I access a programme or course?
Your programme, course or module will be accessible to you for 1 year from the time you start it.
However in each lesson there are also PDFs, tools, products and exercises, that we think you will want to keep – you can download them, or print them.
What if I fall behind and out of step with the programme timing?
All significant learning commitments require some dedication. This means making conscious choices, and carving out the time to acquire, experiment with, and reflect on what you are exploring. Sometimes, this is going to clash with other priorities and occasionally it might feel a little overwhelming – even for the most dedicated learner. If you know that a busy period is coming up, plan for catch-up time in the weeks that follow.
Some of our longer programmes involve following a specific timetable with a group – with new modules ‘starting’ at a given time. This may tie in with Peer Support Group meetings, and/or with workshops or webinars. If this is the case for your programme, an important aspect is that you are not alone – but in a community of learners. The timings of ‘live’ experiences or group meetings are rarely changed once the programme starts, as this would impact negatively on your colleagues and co-learners. Keeping up with others, so that you share your learning and benefit from their experience, is important.
Get into the learning habit, and if you have concerns about whether you will be able to do this, and if you fall behind at any time, just reach out to us and we will try to help.
Can I bundle one course or programme with another and save money?
Some of our courses are already bundled, in particular the shorter courses shown in our ‘bitesize’ section. If the course you are interested in IS available in a value-for-money bundle, proceed with your purchase, and before closing the ‘sale’, you will be notified of this choices at your ‘Cart’.
If the other courses you are interested in are not bundled right now, just contact us, as we can put a custom bundle together for you.
Can I commission custom courses for my organisation?
Many of our programmes and short (bite-size) courses have been originally developed especially for a client – and, where appropriate, then adapted for a broader audience and turned into an ‘open’ programme. It is our clients around the world that ‘pull’ new content and commission what we go on to build, to meet their needs at any given time.
If you would like to either curate a custom programme from our existing stock, or you have an area of new content that you would like us to look at, just contact us and we can help.
What if I'm not satisfied with my purchase?
Our courses and materials are getting great feedback from users – but of course it might not suit exactly what you are looking for.
We are always happy to refund you if you start a course and find it isn’t what you wanted. Please contact us straight after completing the first lesson in the course if you would like us to refund your payment or switch you to a more suitable product.
Please note that we are unable to refund a course that has been more than 50% completed.