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Navigating Cultural Misunderstandings in Franco-American Alliances

With my home city of Washington DC abuzz last week with the first state visit of French President, Emmanuel Macron, ...
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Cross-Cultural Lessons Learned from Climbing Kilimanjaro

This summer I had the opportunity to fulfill a dream I’ve had for many years—to summit Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. ...
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What constitutes good global leadership?

As our world leaders congregate for the G-20 Summit this week, I’ve been giving a lot of thought to what ...
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Listening to Enhance Cultural Understanding

Two weeks ago, I was invited to speak on the important topic of listening to enhance cultural competency. Given the ...
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Why is Cross-Cultural Training Important?

A few months ago, a participant in one of my workshops told me that he wanted me to convince him ...
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Biases, Boundaries and Bridges

Recent events and rhetoric on the national stage have brought to light the damage that stereotyping and marginalizing groups of ...