Intercultural Services

Capitalize the cultural diversity within your company and create an environment where your employees and your organization benefit and thrive.

Fully reap the benefits of a diverse workforce by going beyond government requirements or legal stipulations. In today’s world, cultural awareness, cross-cultural sensitivity and intercultural knowledge are crucial skills to communicate, cooperate and negotiate successfully.

Neglecting to train and manage your diverse workforce adequately can greatly impact the organization's efficiency, performance and profit margin.

Improve work climate and employee engagement
Lower personnel turnover and facilitate recruitment of a diverse talent
Improve mixed team effectiveness and cooperation
Enhance leadership competencies and communication across borders
Facilitate integration and mobility of employees
Increase an organization’s openness to change
Help develop new ideas / solutions and improve productivity
Facilitate entry to new or unfamiliar market segments
Improve customer relationships
Boost employer and company image
Increase effectiveness of organization
Increase competitive market shares and ROI

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Methods

Client focused strategy

Contextual perspective

Multicultural approach

Levels

Self-Awareness and perception

Intercultural competencies

Cross-cultural leadership skills

Cultural knowledge

Target Audiences

Companies and staff

Assignees and families

Home / Host country teams

Virtual teams

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Take the Organizational Culture Test

Where does your company stand? Take the time to download and answer the Organizational Culture Questionnaire for a quick evaluation of your company’s cultural readiness.

If the answer to any of the Organizational Culture questions is in the affirmative, your company can greatly profit from developing the workforce's intercultural competencies and enhancing its cross-cultural diversity management.

25+ years of Intercultural Services

Founded in 1994 we are a leader in the field with over 20 years experience in cultural diversity. Here a short list of past clients:

Accenture - Beckman - California Sun Dry - Callaway - Chaperon - Consilium - Continental Airlines - Cyberian Outpost - eBay - Ericsson - GenenTech - Hewlett Packard - Infonic - KTSF - Levis - Living Books - Lobster Tools - Maxis - Merck - Northwest Airlines - Novartis / GNF - Sony - SoftWorks - ST Microelectronics - Sun Microsystems - Visa

Intercultural Services partners and collaborates with cultural experts from around the world to serve our diverse and worldwide clientele wherever they do business. We are a truly multicultural company. The passion of the company's founder, Claude Koehl, for cross-cultural topics, her own international education and background, as well as her polyglot language skills are at the heart of the company’s success.

Intercultural Services

Capitalize the cultural diversity within your company and create an environment where your employees and your organization benefit and thrive.

Developing employees’ cross-cultural competencies is very profitable:

Culture • Diversity • Inclusion • Engagement

Download our brochure to learn more about our standard workshops

Take the Organizational Culture Test

25+ years of Intercultural Services

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