Organizations work across cultures and often they experience disappointing results. Why? Because cultural differences see to get in the way.
Keys to achieving your business objectives in the complex, global marketplace are first, the ability to construct a shared vision and second, to lead in a way that enables people to fully support change.
International Advantage® enables more effective integration of ideas and vision across cultures. We equip leaders of global and culturally diverse organizations to increase their capacity to navigate change amid widely differing world views.
Since 1992, we have contributed to the success of companies such as Honeywell International, Heifer International, Molex Inc. and Pulte Homes.
Recent News
Lisa Koss hired for Leadership Program at Mexican Manufacturing Facility
International Advantage President, Lisa Koss, has been retained to design and implement an 11-month leadership project at a manufacturing facility in Mexico of a global organization. The project objectives are to support the team in efficiently integrating a new manufacturing facility into their existing operations and to assist in establishing a culture of high-performance leadership. We look forward to reporting our successes later this year!
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We are taking a "pause" in sending out our monthly emails -- traditionally sent in English or Spanish to our ~1000 subscribers. Why? Blogger Lisa Koss is engaged in another exciting project... pursuing a doctorate in Human and Organizational Systems at Fielding Graduate University.
In the meantime, we hope you'll visit the KossTalk blog, where you'll see cases, scenarios and insights about creating strategic advantage across cultures.
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Client Success Stories
Client:
Thunderbird School of Global Management
"[We] needed Spanish-fluent consultants who were comfortable traveling to Latin America to conduct critical organizational and process-oriented interviews for one of our premier clients. Lisa's superb interpersonal and cross-cultural skills allowed her to quickly master the performance and morale challenges facing the client's Latin American division...She proved very effective in working seamlessly as part of our core team...Lisa's contribution garnered specific praise from the client, who has asked that she be included in the follow-up.
"Lisa is very quick on her feet, has great facilitation skills, and is a strong team player who is always looking for winning solutions for the client."
Paul Kinsinger,
Managing Consultant
at Thunderbird Learning Consulting Network
(Consulting arm of Thunderbird School of Global Management)