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Episode Overview:
Traveling for work or pleasure? Are you getting transferred or expanding your business to a different country? In our borderless economy, cultivating cultural fluency expands your potential by fostering trusting relationships globally.
My guest today equips individuals and teams with the skills to forge meaningful connections across cultures, driving change and sustainable growth. With her proven methodology, she spins cultural obstacles into a competitive advantage. Join me now for a conversation with author, speaker, and consultant, Dr. Kristina Wachter.
Guest Bio:
Dr. Kristina Wachter is a cross-cultural communications strategist and global educator who helps organizations unlock sustainable success through cultural agility. Her proprietary Culture SPIN Method, backed by years of academic research and on-site experience across continents, provides a riveting, hands-on approach to building the vital skills needed to navigate cultural diversity.
In our borderless economy, Wachter demonstrates how cultivating cultural fluency expands an organization's potential by fostering trusting relationships worldwide. Her expertise equips individuals and teams with the skills to forge meaningful connections across cultures, driving change and sustainable global growth. With her proven methodology, she spins cultural obstacles into competitive advantages.
Dr. Wachter draws from her extensive experience as an award-winning professor, best-selling author, keynote speaker and CEO of Cross Culture Connections. Her real-world insights ensure organizations gain the confidence to capitalize on the opportunities presented by cultural diversity.
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Insight Gold Timestamps:
03:01 Everyone has associated business and humanities with an oxymoron
04:30 You have to understand the humanities in order to fully understand the way that business runs today
06:00 When I went to Paris, quite a few years ago, I did a little experiment
06:27 I was acting from a starting point of respect
09:33 I'm curious about your take on the globalization
10:56 It does not mean that we aren't working globally
11:32 I call it cultural humility
12:19 Once you find the commonality, the law of reciprocity kicks in
14:18 50% of all international business ventures fail
16:55 This is where I think business needs to override politics
18:05 I think it's an EQ issue
19:53 So, let's talk about your book, Culture SPIN
20:34 S is for Self
23:03 You want to push yourself out of your comfort zone
24:21 Cultural agility is something that you gain as you go
25:12 The whole goal of this is to obviously be aware, and what you say in the book, to avoid cultural incompetency
27:44 You're an ambassador for your business and you need to act appropriately
29:02 I believe it's a human dignity
31:38 It's always going to be a system of trial and error
34:10 How do we help them evolve?
35:58 A word of caution
36:45 You cannot throw ethics aside for political wins or for past mistakes
Connect Socially:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristina-gibby-wachter-phd-44659b64/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1369565225
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@crosscultureconnections
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cross.cultureconnections
Email: info@crosscultureconnections.com
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