When social impact initiatives originate outside, they often fall short because (1) grantors fail to understand local cultural values and standards and/or (2) they lack the organizational inability to adapt its practices to fit local purpose and context.
Local intermediaries, implementers, and recipients also fail to communicate their desired needs in actionable terms grantors and systems can understand and achieve.
The S4F Cross-Cultural Leadership Solution™ closes this gap by navigating cultural differences, building achievable cultural competencies, and enabling people to put them into action. Coaching and mentorship are the keys to bridging these cultural gaps.
Benefits & Expected Outcomes
Each cultural group has unique strengths and perspectives from which the larger community can benefit. Our assessment and tools:
Foster social cohesion and resilience for economic development and sustainability with dialogue and mutual understanding.
Understand other non-Western forms of leadership.
Enable higher capabilities, competencies, and confidence.
Improve appreciation of cultural diversity.
Overcome and prevent racial and ethnic divisions.
The path to personal performance excellence follows the adoption of new behaviors including:
Creating and communicating an inspiring cross-cultural vision:
Providing feedback from differing cultural perspectives;
Building rapport and trust on commonalities rather than differences;
Working through personal issues with cultural bias;
Willing to confront and resolve difficult situations;
Listening pro-actively for better understanding; and,
Motivating and mentoring others.
The S4F.Solutions Cross-cultural Leadership Solution™ is designed to assist participants in creating a yearlong plan to improve performance, strengthen leadership competencies and skills, and customize delivery to the specific needs of each beneficiary. We work collaboratively throughout the entire process and guarantee your satisfaction.
Contact S4F Solutions™ for additional information.