No matter if you work for a globally operating company either in your home country or as an expatriate, if you work with employees, coworkers, associates or customers from different cultures, or if you plan to move abroad and want to prepare for that challenge ...

Being able to interact appropriately with coworkers, employees, and business partners from different cultural backgrounds is becoming more and more important in our multicultural business environment.

Intercultural competence makes it easier to view differences as opportunities rather than difficulties.

The best way to intercultural competence is to be aware of your own social behavior, your ideas and expectations, to be willing to analyze them from a different culture’s point of view, and to have some flexibility to adapt if necessary.

My approach to intercultural training and coaching is based on the dynamics between language, communication and culture.

For me the key for successful intercultural communication is the understanding that culture does not only influence how we say something, but rather what we decide to say and what we decide not to.

My intercultural training does not focus on a special country. I prefer to help you get an understanding of the different mechanisms and characteristics of intercultural communication through a couple of key concepts. Those concepts define communicational behavior in several cultures, and the understanding of those behaviors is an effective access to intercultural communication.

After having studied and worked in Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Canada, and South Africa I have been working in the US for almost nine years. During my different stays abroad I went through several “culture shocks” and experienced intercultural misunderstandings myself.

These experiences gave me the expertise in the area of personal and professional development in intercultural competence, and I am happy to share my knowledge and experience with you.