"The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens."
~ Baha'u'llah

Global Professionals

 Global professionals come from anywhere and work anywhere. They may work in their country of origin or abroad. The workforce now is mobile and global. Peopel choose to work aborad for a variety of reasons. A sense of adventure, higher compensation package, broaden horizons, learn about new cultres, people, perspectives and languages. One key challenge is to build a career while lving away from home, in unfamiliar environments. This requires not only learning about the country's culture but learning about the foreign corporate culture.

Learning a New Corporate Culture

 Corporate culture, whether at home or abroad, consists of both the visible and invisible rules and practices about "how we do business around here." You have to be very observant to learn what the organization's values, assumptions for success and observable practices are, such as who gets hired, who gets promoted, whether promotions are based on merit or relationships or both, who gets put on the sidelines, who gets desirable stretch projects, whose ideas are voiced and taken seriously and whose ideas are ignored. Discovering the unwritten rules for success is the first step. Then you have to decide if you want to play by these unwritten rules or not. This takes reflection about your personal mission statement  which can serve as a helpful guide for making choices and decisions based on your core values and your life purpose. 

In the words of a client . . .

“Kathy has served as a coach for me over the past four months. Kathy’s talents lie in her ability to ask powerful questions, listen deeply and convey powerful insights in a way that can be easily heard and understood. As a result of our work together, I have increased energy, focus and am making solid progress on my goals that I created through our coaching sessions. She is an ultimate professional and I know that confidentiality, respect and holding me in her best interest are strongly held values of Kathy. Anyone would be lucky to have Kathy as a coach!” — Rose Singer, from USA, Singer Consulting