Corporate diplomacy
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Given the performances of Toyota’s Akio Toyoda, BP’s Tony Hayward and Coca Cola’s Doug Ivester, it’s clear these examples and no doubt others close to home show how easy opportunities to build trust were missed forever. Given the global nature of work and the varied cultures of your business partners, clients and colleagues, building long-lasting and profitable relationships can be difficult or even short-circuited by the assumptions about business practices, expectations and mental models. For this reason we’ve designed a corporate diplomacy program, Working with the World, to help executives at all levels make an impact across boundaries. Our program series is based on the principle that understanding the environments and contexts in which international business partners operate develops executive citizen diplomats who can operate successfully while representing their companies and their countries. It helps participants recognize, respect and reconcile business behaviours in other cultures through clear lenses that delivers a concrete ROI: Relevant. Open Minded. Insightful. For more information and a sample program agenda, please contact us.
Case studies Astellas Pharmaceuticals Developed and delivered multiple streams of executive education programs to build global mindsets and cross-cultural skills of those leading global drug development teams in US, Netherlands and Japan.
BAE Systems
Developed and managed as Programme Director the “Global Early Careers” programme for young professionals within the Land & Armaments division. Business for Diplomatic Action (BDA) Developed concept and content for “Corporate Diplomat Masterclass. Delivered pilot workshop for National Business Travel Association members.”
Lufthansa
Acting as Programme Director for London Business School’s Centre for Management Development client to revise/redesign 3 international modules – Strategy, Business Transformation, Leadership – for the top management tier across its 6 business units. |


