Who We Serve
Through the virtual Masterclass (and available individual coaching), you will learn with, and from, a diverse cohort of people from around the world. During the six, one and a half hour sessions, you will receive principles and practices that will equip you to thrive in cross-cultural relationships and intercultural settings.
This cultural learning process is open for all and best suited for those who desire to grow in their ability to have meaningful relationships with people from other cultures. The Masterclass will be especially applicable for those currently in a multicultural setting and those visiting or relocating to a different cultural environment.
The big idea is to empower you to become a culturally savvy, global citizen who will excel in any and all intercultural settings
Thriving Beyond will guide you on a path to grow in your:
Awareness - increase your knowledge of culture, your own cultural background, and the perspectives of others. (cognitive learning)
Awareness - increase your knowledge of culture, your own cultural background, and the perspectives of others. (cognitive learning)
Principles - teaching you concepts to increase your understanding and emotional literacy within the dynamics of cultural interactions. (affective learning)
Principles - teaching you concepts to increase your understanding and emotional literacy within the dynamics of cultural interactions. (affective learning)
Practices - providing applicable tools to successfully navigate cultural (experiential learning)
Practices - providing applicable tools to successfully navigate cultural (experiential learning)
If you’re going on a humanitarian aid trip, a religious mission trip, or simply a group vacation, it is vitally important that you equip yourselves with tools to navigate the local context. Your desired service to people, and/or the enjoyment you’re hoping to derive, can become obsolete, and even harmful, if it is marred by cultural missteps.
We can put together a training that meets the needs of your group – one created in order to focus on the particular destination, the purpose(s) of the visit, and the desired outcomes you have.
The big idea is to empower you to successfully traverse local cultures so that you find greater fulfillment and effectiveness in group-oriented, shorter-stay cultural engagement.
Thriving Beyond can help prepare your group to:
Increase satisfaction and short-term impact by learning how to show honor and respect to the local culture
Increase satisfaction and short-term impact by learning how to show honor and respect to the local culture
Increase awareness and skills to navigate cultural tensions thus decreasing frustration and stress
Increase awareness and skills to navigate cultural tensions thus decreasing frustration and stress
Increase sustainability and long-term effectiveness by building strong relationships
Increase sustainability and long-term effectiveness by building strong relationships
Whether you operate with a multicultural staff in one location or you are spread out with offices around the world, Thriving Beyond can help you to have a more culturally intelligent organization that will improve organizational cohesiveness and effectiveness.
We will spend time with your leadership in order to diagnose and assess your organization’s overall cultural intelligence before laying out a process to dive into your current cultural operating system. Together we will then set up a plan for execution of the training, which may happen over the course of days, weeks, or months.
The big idea is to transform your organization into a place that honors, celebrates, and maximizes diversity in order for it to be as productive as possible wherever it operates.
Thriving Beyond will walk with you on a journey that will:
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Increase productivity by decreasing communication breakdowns
Increase hiring of diverse staff and staff retention by decreasing bias and discrimination
Increase hiring of diverse staff and staff retention by decreasing bias and discrimination
Increase job satisfaction by decreasing confusion and conflict caused by cultural misunderstanding