Duration: One day
Intensity: Moderate
Participants: Executive couples or single status employees
Location: To be confirmed
Pre-work: Complete background questionnaires, the Australian Overseas Assignment Inventory (OAI) and the Intercultural Effectiveness Scale (IES)
Coach: Karen Huchendorf, Cultural Acumen
Country Specialist: Kathleen Curran via conference call to Singapore
SAMPLE PROGRAM AGENDA
Introducing Your Coach and Program
- Revise the purposes and objectives of the program, the program schedule, and methods to be employed
- Share relevant background information
Planning for Growth
- Explore the benefits you expect to gain and the challenges you are facing in completing the assignment
- Begin planning for G-R-O-W-T-H
Your Personal Success Profiles: Part I – The Intercultural Effectiveness Scale (IES)
- Understand the factors involved in intercultural effectiveness, based on current research in the field
- Interpret your individual IES Profiles, identify targets for development and incorporate these in your plans for G-R-O-W-T-H
Morning Tea
Becoming a Cultural Detective
- Define ‘culture’
- Identify the components of cross-cultural communication and three intercultural competencies
- Explore the contrast beween Australian and Singaporean core cultural values
Everyday Life in Singapore – with Kathleen Curran via conference call to Singapore
- Answer your specific questions about the A to Z of living in Singapore
- Gain insight to current issues for people living in Singapore
Lunch
Adapting to Another Culture
- Gain an awareness of the normal pattern of cross-cultural adjustment over time, highlighting predictable high and low points
- Revise strategies for successful adjustment and incorporate these in your plan for G-R-O-W-T-H
Your Personal Success Profiles: Part II – The Australian Overseas Assignment Inventory (OAI)
- Understand the factors involved in successful intercultural adaptation, based on current research in the field
- Interpret your individual OAI Profiles, identify targets for development and incorporate these in your plans for G-R-O-W-T-H
PM Tea
Explore Singaporean Values-in-Action in Business – with Kathleen Curran via conference call to Singapore
- Become aware of the geographical and historical factors that have shaped the customs and beliefs of Singaporeans
- Recognise Singaporean values-in-action in business, communication and relationships
Program Summary and Next Steps
- Revise the benefits and challenges of accepting this assignment
- Commit to next steps
Program Close
