Unlocking Cultural Agility with Marco Blankenburgh KnowledgeWorkx

How can teachers create a cultural space in their classrooms where students of all backgrounds can thrive?

Listen as Shelley Reinhart, KnowledgeWorkx Director of Education, unpacks this question with educators and Ph.D. students Yasemin Altas and Victoria Hopkin.

Yasemin has been teaching at universities for nearly three decades. She is a faculty member teaching intercultural studies at the  Higher Colleges of Technology, in the UAE. She has a Master's in Management in Education, is a trained Celta Teacher Trainer, and has been involved in projects with the Ministry of Education. She is currently working on a Ph.D. in Education with a focus on intercultural studies. 

Victoria is a teacher, school leader, coach, and educational researcher with a passion for cultural agility. As a trained and experienced intercultural coach, Victoria's Ph.D. research focuses on cultivating environments that are inclusive and culturally adaptive.

If you want to learn how you can bring these skills into your classroom, sign up for the next Culture in the Classroom Course at: https://www.knowledgeworkx.education/teachers 
In this episode, you will learn
How to create a culturally agile classroom charter with your students.How to bring out the unique gifts that Third Culture Kids add to your classroom.How to understand and teach your students about their own unique cultural wiring. | Articles
 -- What Does It Mean to Be a Third Culture Kid? (http://kwx.fyi/what-does-it-mean-to-be-a-tck)
--  Wandering the World - a Hopeful Tale (knowledgeworkx.com)
--  KnowledgeWorkx Education Training (www.knowledgeworkx.education)
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How did a small team from Northern Ireland create a world-renowned service and build up an international clientele winning multiple national and global awards for their excellence?

Find out as Marco talks with Iain Wilson the CEO of IBC- Music and a Certified Inter-Cultural Intelligence Practitioner.

IBC-Music specializes in helping international musical instrument brands find manufacturing and distribution partners across the world. Just last month, IBC Music won The King’s Award for Enterprise, the most prestigious business award in the UK. It is one of only 148 organizations to be recognized.

On top of that, IBC helped one of its Canadian customers, Riversong Guitars, win the prestigious MMR Dealers' Choice Award for Acoustic Guitar of the year in 2022. IBC was the sourcing agent for the River Pacific P2P acoustic guitar, helping it beat leading international guitar brands.

You can reach out to Iain at  iain@ibc-music.com

Learn more about what IBC Music does  at: http://ibc-music.com/

In this episode, you will learn:
  -- How to build and manage business relationships across the globe
  -- How the international music industry works and the significant role relationships play in it.
  -- The power of connecting people and the way IBC-Music has become so successful at it.

| Learn More about:
  --  Building Deep Relationships that Cross Cultures (kwx.fyi/deep-relationships-crossing-cultures)
  -- Whole Systems Thinking (kwx.fyi/multiplier-effect)
  -- High Performing Intercultural Teaming (kwx.fyi/team-development)


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Whether it's leading staff living around the world, navigating different cultural and personal workstyles, or working on teams across borders — leading globally keeps becoming more complex. Global leaders must guide their teams through local and regional instabilities, drastic industry changes, political upheaval, protests and strikes, and many other turbulent surprises.
 
In this episode, Marco and Shelley walk through the things global leaders need to succeed in today's world. They explore the one thing that holds back global leaders that want to be culturally agile as well as practical tips for how you can start becoming a culturally agile leader.

 You can spot culturally agile leaders in three ways:
  1. They navigate complexity with agility.
  2. They build cultures of high trust, inclusivity, and belonging.
  3. They keep their employees by creating a team culture of collaboration, creativity, and innovation.

Start a conversation about becoming a culturally agile leader.

In this episode, you will learn:
  -- How to make your intercultural team come alive.
  -- The difference between global leadership and actually being culturally agile
  -- The pitfalls leaders fall into when leading in a global context and how to avoid them.

| Learn More about:
  -- Whole Systems Thinking (http://kwx.fyi/multiplier-effect)
  -- High Performing Intercultural Teaming (http://kwx.fyi/team-development)
  -- Three Colors of Worldview (http://kwx.fyi/3-colors-worldviews)
  --  12 Dimensions of Culture  (http://kwx.fyi/12-dimensions) 
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Most psychometric tools are created by researchers in the West. These tools are shaped by cultural human beings with Western biases.  Are these tools viable in non-Western settings?

How do you avoid marginalizing non-western team members if you do use those tools?

Listen as Linda Berlot shares deep insights to help managers and facilitators alike use psychometric assessments to help their intercultural teams thrive. Learn how to bring cultural agility into the valuable tools you already use.

Linda Berlot is the CEO of Berlot Group and works with executive teams to address intangible hurdles that exist around trust, conflict, communication, and intercultural issues, to adopt a better, more collaborative, and united way of working together.

You can reach out to Linda Berlot at: berlotgroup.com

Sign up for a DiSC Certification through KnowledgeWorkx to understand how to bring cultural agility into the way you use DiSC at: knowledgeworkx.com/certifications-disc

Sign up for an Inter-Cultural Intelligence Certification at: knowledgeworkx.com/certifications-ici

In this episode, you will learn:
- How to use western psychometric assessment tools on intercultural teams.- How to build the psychological safety in teams necessary to make psychometric assessments helpful.- The biggest mistakes to avoid when facilitating psychometric assessments interculturally | Articles and Resources
 -- Two Spotlights for Illuminating Human Behavior (http://kwx.fyi/two-spotlights-for-human-behavior)
--  DiSC Certification –The KnowledgeWorkx Way (http://kwx.fyi/disc-knowledgeworkx-way)
-- KnowledgeWorkx.com/framework 
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How do you create a thriving intercultural marriage or relationship?
 
The challenges of the last few years have taught us that quality relationships are crucial for success in work and life. Listen to these stories of relational success to learn how to build better relationships at home and work.

Bart and Julie Heiligenberg and Bryce and Thelma Dzirbik share their stories walking through life bringing together cultures from the USA, Netherlands, and Nigeria in the UAE.

If you are interested in being part of a thriving intercultural marriage workshop you can email Bart@KnowledgeWorkx.com . 

In this episode, you will learn
How culture influences some of our deepest relationshipsHow to build resilient long-lasting intercultural relationshipsHow to practically build trust across cultures in relationships | Articles
 -- Building Deep Relationships that Cross Cultures (http://kwx.fyi/deep-relationships-crossing-cultues)
--  Four Keys for Building Trust on Teams (http://kwx.fyi/building-trust-teams) 


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What is trust? What causes it to erode? How can a team build a resilient culture of trust?

In 2022, Gallup ran a poll and released statistics revealing that up to 70% of employees would leave their job if they could. Much of that dissatisfaction is rooted in distrust. A lack of trust creates misunderstanding and a breakdown in collaboration. Work culture turns toxic, resulting in a traumatized workforce. 

In this episode, Shelley Reinhart, KnowledgeWorkx’s Global Liaison, and Marco Blankenburgh, International Director of KnowledgeWorkx, dive deep into what it means to trust, and they identify practical ways to begin building trust in your workplace and on your teams.

You can start your team on a high-performing intercultural team journey to help your team build trust here.

In this episode, you will learn
The fastest way to destroy trust on teams.How to build relational capital on your team so the culture of trust will be resilient.How to connect performance to purpose on your team.
 | Articles
 -- The Four Pillars of Successful Intercultural Teams (http://kwx.fyi/four-pillars-teams)
--  Four Keys for Building Trust on Teams (http://kwx.fyi/building-trust-teams) 
 -- Creating the “Multiplier Effect” on Your Team - Part 1 (http://kwx.fyi/multiplier-effect) 





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