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Peace Building: Step by Step
Here’s a compilation of suggestions from a number of different sources: (The most significant suggestions were from Mediators Without Borders, a great organization !!) * Invite friends from ethnically diverse backgrounds to a party and ask them to bring food and materials to share, or ask them to select a culture or region to represent. [...]
Read MoreNew Members of the International Business Executives Network of Southern California
We’d like to welcome several new members to New Members of the International Business Executives Network of Southern California, the network group affiliated with this blog: Fradique González Villalobos International Business Manager for CPqD Telecom & IT Solutions of Brazil Werner Bahr, Director of Global Connections in New York and Robin Seigle, of the National [...]
Read MoreTake This Cross-Cultural Quiz
In Saudi Arabia, when invited to a social event by your host and his wife, in what manner would you greet and interact with them? a. Shake the hand of your host assertively, lower your head and eyes and extend your hand to his wife. Proceed to follow up with business discussions conducted earlier in [...]
Read MoreInternational Business Executives of Southern California
I strongly encourage all global executives to join the International Business Executives of Southern California, whether they live in Southern California or not. Many of the members are national and indeed many of them are from countries around the world. Fabulous networking and a source for business partners as well as potential clients.
Read MoreExciting connections in the world of mediation
Had a fabulous conversation with Vicky Pinchon today. What a mover and a shaker. She’s the founder of the Professional Womens Network of Southern California among other things. She strongly recommended Geoff Sharp, Diane Levin, and John DeGroote as important contributers to the national mediation scene. She also mentioned Kevin O’keefe and Mina Sirkin as [...]
Read MoreUniversity curriculum related to cross-cultural conflict resolution
Would love to get a conversation going about how the U.S. university system can support more curriculum related to conflict resolution, particularly over international borders. There are some courses in the U.C. system that teach cross-cultural issues, and others that teach conflict resolution, but I’d love to see more courses addressing the cross-cultural issues unique [...]
Read MoreDenise Hummel
Universal Consensus specializes in services for international business that serve to promote consensus and understanding within the organization, as well as with clients, business partners and adversaries. These services include mediating any dispute which involves the domestic or international workplace; mediation training to equip in-house staff to mediate in the workplace; executive coaching and corporate [...]
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