The Challenge & The Turning Point
The Challenge :
How to turn a team’s cultural diversity into a lever for engagement rather than a management blind spot ?
The Turning Point :
Stopping treating cultural differences as a one-off awareness topic and instead making them a driver of performance and managerial success.
Case Study : Intercultural Transformation
The Challenge & The Turning Point
The Challenge :
How to turn a team’s cultural diversity into a lever for engagement rather than a management blind spot ?
The Turning Point :
Stopping treating cultural differences as a one-off awareness topic and instead making them a driver of performance and managerial success.
Transformation in 3 pillars
01
Diagnostic & Scoping :
- Listen to the field : Gather the perceptions of operational teams and take into account cultural differences and concrete risks for the company (under-performance, disengagement, turnover, etc.).
- Set the framework : Acknowledge the coexistence of multiple cultural layers, as well as the diversity of visions and values within the teams, as the starting point for the transformation.
02
Intercultural Leadership Pathway :
- Identify which management behaviours to keep and which ones create friction in the field.
- Decode feedback culture : understand how the local entity communicates, expresses itself and prioritises its objectives to adjust how it gives and receives feedback.
- Put into practice : Navigate through leadership levels and adopt the right posture.
03
Embedding, Measurement & lmpact :
- Embedding : Capitalise on participant feedback to develop tools and adjust communication methods specific to each culture.
- Sustain : Transform new reflexes into sustainable management practice, using on-demand individual coaching rather than one-off training.
Key Learnings
Managerial & cultural revolution :
- Transformation does not take place between two rigid cultures, but within a space of convergent dialogue.
Broader diversity :
- Interculturalism is not limited to nationality; it also encompasses the visions and values unique to each employee.
Transformation in 3 pillars
01
Diagnostic & Scoping :
- Listen to the field : Gather the perceptions of operational teams and take into account cultural differences and concrete risks for the company (under-performance, disengagement, turnover, etc.).
- Set the framework : Acknowledge the coexistence of multiple cultural layers, as well as the diversity of visions and values within the teams, as the starting point for the transformation.
02
Intercultural Leadership Pathway :
- Identify which management behaviours to keep and which ones create friction in the field.
- Decode feedback culture : understand how the local entity communicates, expresses itself and prioritises its objectives to adjust how it gives and receives feedback.
- Put into practice : Navigate through leadership levels and adopt the right posture.
03
Embedding, Measurement & lmpact :
- Embedding : Capitalise on participant feedback to develop tools and adjust communication methods specific to each culture.
- Sustain : Transform new reflexes into sustainable management practice, using on-demand individual coaching rather than one-off training.
Key Learnings
Managerial & cultural revolution :
- Transformation does not take place between two rigid cultures, but within a space of convergent dialogue.
From expert to leader :
- Shifting from individual performance to the strategic management of a team.
Broader diversity :
- Interculturalism is not limited to nationality; it also encompasses the visions and values unique to each employee.
“I have learned to adopt an intercultural perspective in my conversations with my teams and to practise empathy to understand the thought patterns and actions of my stakeholders.”
Testimonial from a Director, Member of the Management Board of an international group subsidiary
Improvement in employee engagement and collective performance
“I have learned to adopt an intercultural perspective in my conversations with my teams and to practise empathy to understand the thought patterns and actions of my stakeholders.”
Testimonial from a Director, Member of the Management Board of an international group subsidiary
Improvement in employee engagement and collective performance
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Juan PINZON
MBA / Sciences-Po
“Trust a new face right away. Being suspicious takes too much time & energy.”
Would you like to get in touch ?
Juan PINZON
MBA / Sciences-Po
“Trust a new face right away. Being suspicious takes too much time & energy.”


