Going Global
Global Leadership Development
Through our cross-cultural communication services, individuals and leaders become more effective in navigating the differences in style, behaviors, and customs among diverse working groups, global partners and customers. This results in better business communication across cultures, increased sales, more effective negotiations and improved teamwork among globally dispersed work groups. Organizations become more effective at selecting and placing employees in overseas posts and global project assignments.
Global Leadership Workshops
Our array of global leadership training workshops and seminars are designed to improve cross-cultural communication, leadership effectiveness and business savvy across cultures and borders.
Global Leadership Consulting
We offer specialized international business consulting for global organizations doing business in multiple countries with culturally diverse customers or with geographically distributed teams.
Global Leadership Coaching
Our one-on-one coaching packages are designed for busy leaders and entrepreneurs looking to develop cross-cultural leadership skills.
Meet our Global Leadership Consultants
Our globally savvy consultants each possess decades of experience in organizational consulting, cross-cultural communication and global leadership development for Fortune 500 clients. We provide expert facilitation at both the organizational level and with individual leaders. All of our Going Global staff members have experience both domestically in the U.S. as well as abroad.
Snapper LaGrone
Senior Director of Global Initiatives
Going Global Consultant, Facilitator and Coach
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Heading Across the Pond
3 Tips for Smoothing the Waters of Expat Assignments There is little doubt as to why the number of global assignments is growing exponentially each year. As more companies employ multi-national strategies, the relocation of their top talent is essential to implementing their global strategies. Reasons can vary – process harmonization, financial stability and brand consistency -- but regardless as to why, cross-cultural endeavors now account for an estimated 66.2 million expat professionals1 globally. Yet the ride can often be a bumpy one, especially at the start. Daniel [...]
5 Ways to Avoid ‘Anything Goes’ Conference Calls
By Snapper LaGrone Conference calls. They can be your best friend or your worst enemy. We’ve all been on calls where it’s clear participants are unengaged and multitasking, no one talks and then everyone talks, and sometimes we are not even sure why we are on the call. You leave the call confused and irritated. But there is hope for minimizing these colossal holes that suck our time! Whether your calls are taking place by phone or by video, employing a few simple guidelines can provide efficiency and [...]
The Challenge of Cross-Cultural Communication Misfires
More than ever we live in a melting pot of cultures and customs. Most businesses today not only work with employees, clients and colleagues from all around the globe, but they conduct business across oceans and multiple borders. Yet navigating communications among a global workforce from multiple cultures can be daunting at times. There are vast differences most of us aren’t even aware of! If you’ve studied more than one language, you’ve probably come to understand the nuances that go into learning each one. Metaphors, figures of speech, [...]
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