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Developing global leaders: Executive coaching targets cross‐cultural competencies
Author(s) -
Handin Katherine,
Steinwedel Janet S.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
global business and organizational excellence
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.227
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 1932-2062
pISSN - 1932-2054
DOI - 10.1002/joe.20118
Subject(s) - coaching , curiosity , psychology , multiculturalism , public relations , social psychology , pedagogy , political science , psychotherapist
Leaders working with colleagues from other cultures or heading multicultural teams may find themselves stymied by their own apparent ineffectiveness and bewildered by the reactions of others. A new model of executive coaching can help individuals transform lifelong conditioning and personal assumptions into new beliefs and behaviors needed for cross‐cultural collaboration and leadership. The coachee draws on three core ethnorelative values and behaviors—curiosity, cultivation, and collaboration—and uses communication skills and reflection techniques to delve beneath the surface of each situation. Through self‐awareness and appreciation for others, the coachee becomes a leader who can deftly navigate cultural differences to build rewarding and productive relationships. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.