Organizations are like elephants, Charles Handy said. Big or small, they are happiest plodding down the known, comfortable road. Four signs that your organization may be an elephant: 1. The organization is selling to the same demographic as always, in spite of plans to diversify. You’re also sourcing from the same suppliers. New suppliers are [...]
Soft Landings
Have you ever moved from comfortable, known surroundings to a new area? You know how difficult and even traumatic this can be. Soft landings programs help to make your move easier and your adjustment more comfortable. Try reading An Inconvenient Posting - An Expat Wife’s Memoir of Lost Identity by psychologist, and Expat Wife, Laura J [...]
Inclusion and Welcoming Environments
Imagine you join a company and start your new job with enthusiasm. Your manager, a man in his 40s, seems nice, the team are friendly and you see a good career ahead of you. Over time, however, you notice something. Your manager gets on well with everyone, but seems to chat more to a young [...]
Presentation to Judiciary: 5 April 2013
Thank you Judge Isom and Judge Alvarez for inviting CPS to present a presentation to you and 50 of your colleagues today. Here is the PowerPoint of the presentation. Please contact me at glynis@c-psolutions.com if you have problems downloading it. Anyone is welcome to contact us for further discussion of the role of a multicultural [...]
Entrepreneurship, FRAMCO with Greg Ross-Munro
Greg Ross-Munro, CEO of SouceToad and Teburu, and Vice President/Co-Founder of CPS will lead an Entrepreneurship Evening with the younger professional group of FRAMCO on Wednesday, 27 February, at Edison Food and Drink Lab. Greg was the 2012 Conductor of Florida’s Startupbus, and will donate a week of time to being the 2013 Conductor. Greg, [...]
Cultural Fluency Changes the Game
February is Black History Month. It’s also time for good wishes to many of your Asian colleagues for the Lunar New Year. Which year? The Year of the Snake of course. Cultural fluency is more than knowing a little about another demographic group, or respecting differences. It is a deep, persistent awareness of the invisible [...]
Inclusive Businesses Find More Customers
Every business needs more customers. Businesses need more customers from the many national market segments, and from the 95% of global customers who live outside the borders of the USA. Researchers from the Harvard School of Business, and the University of Texas have again confirmed that a business’ range of diversity is a solid predictor [...]
The One-Person Merger
Each time a new person joins a business team, it is like a one-person merger. The new person struggles to learn the many unspoken assumptions that govern a corporate or departmental culture. The team struggles to understand their new team member. In our complex, multi-cultural world, there are more and more adjustments to generational, regional, [...]
How long will your top talent stay? 28 months (Harvard Business Review)
How long will your top young performers stay with your company? The Harvard Business Review has the time frame: 28 months. 95% are browsing new jobs. A. Why? Two reasons: 1. They don’t feel they are getting enough training and coaching. 2. They don’t feel that they are getting enough mentoring. This new twelve-year study [...]
Fall Programs: Multicultural, Diverse and International Business Success
Program New Brochure differentness Here is a downloadable description of our special fall course programs. All CPS programs are customized for our clients. Building Multicultural Teams Managing Multicultural Teams & Projects Communicating Across Distances and Differences Multicultural Sales & Marketing (and Networking) Soft Landings: Successful Retention & Development (USA & Foreign Assignments) Diversity and Inclusion [...]
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