What does intercultural mean?

 

Being intercultural is a key to living a meaningful life in the current and future world.

Being intercultural is about knowing how human diversity affects one’s identity development, work competence, and life itself. Diversity is all around us. It encompasses both local and global diversity.

Why does the Helix model work?

For Expats and Families, transitioning and adjusting to a new life

Living and working in another culture, permanently or temporarily, comes with some challenges. If you are being sent abroad, you are probably an expert in your work domain. A challenge is to make sure that your expertise will be transferred across cultures.

With Intercultural Leadership Coaching, you can be cognitively and emotionally more prepared to make cultural transition and adjustment, rather than stumbling over cultural surprises. A professional coach is there to support you while assisting you develop intercultural competence and help you to transfer your business expertise into a new cultural context.

Another challenge many expats face is their accompanying family members’ cultural transition and adjustment. Your spouse and/or children travel and move with you to a new environment. While you need to adjust yourself to your new work context, your family members are facing their own adjustments. An intercultural coach can be there to support them.

Your coach will be there to support you and your family before departure, after arrival, during adjustment, and upon return home. Don’t let your cross-cultural opportunity be hard on you; let it be the most enriching and inspiring experience for you and for your family.

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