Happy Holidays, and help with research, please!
2011 is coming to a close, 2012 is upon us…
I’m sure you’ve read enough “year in review” and “how to plan” posts by now that I’m not going to add to the clutter. You know what you want, you know what you have to do, now go out and do it.
What you may not know yet is that I need your help with my research project into how our Type preferences influence cultural adaptation. (more…)
Third Culture Kids Resources
Following a great article that Maria Foley, aka @IWasAnExpatWife, shared on Twitter, I found some more of her writing on TCKs. At the same time, someone asked me about TCK resources, so below for your reading pleasure, a collection of links: (more…)
My Type has changed – what does that mean? Part 2
A participant asked this question during a team workshop I facilitated recently. I explained in an earlier post that your MBTI(r) questionnaire result depends in large part on your state of mind, expectation, and cultural preferences at the time of answering the questions. A different result can have another explanation as well. (more…)
My Type has changed – what does that mean?
This was one of the questions that came up during a recent Team workshop I facilitated. If you’ve taken the MBTI(r) questionnaire before, and find that your four-letter result comes up differently, it may be due to a number of reasons. (more…)
Type, Culture, and Small Talk
Michael Mahlberg (Software Developer, ENFP, World-Traveler) and I met at the Amplifying Your Effectiveness (AYE) Conference in Phoenix, AZ in 2008. Michael is from Cologne, Germany, just a couple hundred miles South of my hometown. With his permission, I’d like to share an anecdote of what happened when we met last night for dinner. (more…)
Type and Relationships
Have you ever consciously thought about how you show your loved ones that you care? Or what it is that makes you feel loved and appreciated? Awareness around these details will enable you to build relationships you’ll want to stay in, as well as help you move through challenging situations much faster. (more…)
Coming Home
Yesterday’s call on Introduction to Type and Reintegration was a great opportunity to remind myself of the complexities in any given transition process. Elizabeth and Katherine Hirsh did a great job clarifying that the booklet may have been written with returning soldiers in mind, but that the concepts are equally applicable in other home-coming situations. (more…)
Introduction to Type and Reintegration
Elizabeth Hirsh, Katherine W. Hirsh, and James Peak have co-authored this manual, subtitled “A Framework for managing the Transition Home.”
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An Expat’s Worst Nightmare
Being the complex process that it is, expatriation is riddled with choices and challenges. Take the job or not take the job, what to pack or what to store, which friends to stay in touch with – because truthfully, you simply won’t have time for all of them. As challenging as fitting into a new team in a new culture while half your furniture got damaged in the move and you’re feeling desperately lonely is, getting a phone call about a critically ill friend or relative back in the old country is devastating.
Creating A Learning Culture
Culture is more than the different value systems between nations. Subcultures form and develop every day, and your organizational culture is one of them. Why, then, is a learning culture so important?
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