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Get to know a new tool: The Diversity Icebreaker

For the first time in Germany, the Diversity Icebreaker - a test of personality and preferences for communication and thinking styles e.g. in intercultural dialogue - will be presented by its author Bjoern Ekelund.
published: 07.02.2010

Coaching Across Cultures - 2010 Series

Advanced International Seminar - Certification Cultural Orientations Framework Assessment
published: 07.02.2010

Fighting corruption in India: the zero-rupee note

"A zero-sum game is one in which the gains of one player are exactly balanced by the losses of another" writes The Economist newspaper. "In India a local non-governmental organisation has invented a new sort of zero sum which, it hopes, will leave everyone better off: the zero-rupee note".

published: 07.02.2010

Doing business in Iran

"Before doing business in Iran appreciate this", writes dialogin sponsor Kwintessential. "Your success is defined by your aptitude to build effective personal relationships combined with a clearly outlined and well presented proposal".

published: 07.02.2010
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Cross-cultural trainer wanted in Dallas USA

For one-day cross cultural coaching programme for inbound client on 26th February.
published: 08.02.2010

Communicaid requires a 'Living & Working in the UK' trainer based in Seoul

We are looking for an experienced trainer to deliver a one-day programme to a Korean family in the next month.
published: 04.02.2010
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Fifty Ways to Improve Your Intercultural Skills
by Bob Dignen with James Chamberlain

A review by dialogin member Kate Berardo, USA.

This book offers a solid introduction to managing challenging global business dynamics in a functional workbook format.

published: 07.02.2010

Becoming Interculturally Competent through Education and Training
by Anwei Feng, Michael Byram & Mike Fleming (eds)

A review by dialogin member Peter van Gelder, The Netherlands

This is the fourth book in the Language for Intercultural Communication and Education series compiled by the team at Durham University.
published: 07.02.2010
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Research & development

Managing communication within virtual intercultural teams
by Christine Uber Grosse

"As global companies rely more on virtual teams to conduct short and longterm projects, business students need to be prepared to manage the communication of intercultural teams" writes.
published: 07.02.2010

Diversity begins at home: Team-building across companies after mergers or acquisitions
by dialogin member Kirsten Waechter

I am looking into a difficulty that often takes the backseat in intercultural discussion: the difficulty of building an international team across parts of a group that has acquired new companies, even within one and the same country.
published: 07.02.2010
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