K2C Reflections

In this blog, Sue Bray and Diane Landsiedel reflect on their own journey of lifelong learning to develop their competencies to teach and coach others in global teamwork.  Keys 2 Culture is taking  a trip to London to participate in a conference sponsored by WorldWork Ltd. entitled "Building Intercultural Competence: from self-awareness to personal change". Daniel Ofman, internationally recognized guru in personal development is the keynote speaker.  Sue Bray, K2C Principal, will also be a panelist to discuss her experiences with helping others to create sustainable personal change. This annual event is a terrific opportunity to renew professional contacts and also, to share and learn more about personal change, team development, and best practices in creating change through the use of WorldWork's research-based assessment tools.

The primary goal of Keys 2 Culture is to promote the development of skills for global leadership and global teamwork. With this in mind, we have developed a new publication called “K2C Hints for Global Teams” to share with people who have expressed their interest in these areas too.

“K2C Hints” intends to provide you with practical information, tips, and ideas on a range of topics that are relevant to global teams. Because we have not yet seen a global team that doesn’t work together virtually, the first “K2C Hints for Global Teams” focuses on how to build and maintain “swift trust” for success in a virtual team environment.

Keys 2 Culture begins its full-scale launch this week by reaching out to a network of business and professional contacts, and its principals, Sue Bray and Diane Landsiedel, would like to use this blog entry to highlight the premise for our business and our personal commitment to this work. 

This blog entry, written by Sue Bray of Keys 2 Culture, describes a cross-cultural course offered by the College of Engineering to working professional engineers in the University of Tulsa's ELITE Program: Executive Leadership Institute for Technical Professionals and Engineers.  Sue taught a module in the program on "Leading the Global Organization Across Time, Distance and Culture". The content of the course helps engineers to develop an intercultural mindset, to better understand the perspective of the "other", and to improve their cross-cultural communication skills in a virtual and widely distributed work environment.