Duration: 1.5 days
Intensity: High
Participants: Returning expatriate couples, families and single-status assignees
Location: To be confirmed
Coach: Karen Huchendorf, Cultural Acumen
Pre-work: Complete Intercultural Effectiveness Scale and Background Questionnaires
SAMPLE PROGRAM AGENDA – DAY 1
Welcome and Program Overview: What we are setting out to achieve together
- Set the scene for the program, including clarification of the role of the coach and interaction process
- Review and confirm the program objectives and structure of the program
Introductions: How I got where I am now
- Examine the ways your present, past and future are linked
Current Issues: What I expected and what I have experienced
- Explore some of the typical challenges of repatriation
- Gauge the extent to which aspirations were different from reality
Morning Tea
Current Issues (cont.)
The Process of Repatriation: How what I am experiencing is normal
- Gain an awareness of the normal pattern of cross-cultural adjustment over time, highlighting predictable high and low points
- Understand where repatriation stress comes from
Lunch
Looking Back: How this assignment has changed my life
- Assess personal, family and professional changes, including attitudes, values and skills, as a result of the assignment
- Compare the costs with the benefits of the expatriation/repatriation experience
- Identify points for feedback to the Company
Afternoon Tea
Looking Back (cont.)
The Intercultural Effectiveness Scale
- Understand the elements of intercultural effectiveness
- Interpret your IES scores
Close of Day One
SAMPLE PROGRAM AGENDA – DAY 2
Review/Preview
The Intercultural Effectiveness Scale (cont.)
- Explore your current and potential competency
- Create a personal development plan
Morning Tea
Looking Ahead: How I can grow from this experience
- Clarify the way forward through “G-R-O-W-T-H”
- Become aware of obstacles, consider options and become aware of skills and attitudes required to more forward
- Develop an action plan that includes tactics and new habits
Summary and Program Evaluation
- Appreciate what has been accomplished during the program
Close of Program
