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The Kozai Group, Inc.

Formally founded in 2001 and head-quartered in St. Louis, with a partner office in Japan (IGB Network Ltd.), the Kozai Group is the product of over twenty years of collaboration in the area of international human resource management by its partners: Micheal Stevens, Gary Oddou, Mark Mendenhall, and Allan Bird. Together the partners bring over a century of combined research and consulting experience with major U.S. and international business clients.

The mission of the Kozai Group is to assist companies with global operations to develop effective human resource strategies to support their business objectives. We help clients create effective policies and practices for the selection, development, training and reintegration of globally mobile personnel.

Services

We assist companies in assessing and developing the global skills and competencies of their managerial cadre through the GCI (Global Competencies Inventory) and custom-designed training programs we develop based on assessment results.Our assessment inventories and training program design are based on empirical research and provide the necessary rigor in content to ensure actual development of competencies associated with global leadership, global mindset, and strategic thinking.

We also stand ready to assist companies in developing state-of-the-art expatriation managment programs, including selection, training, support, and repatriation management of expatriate managers and their families.

Clients

Our clients are Fortune 500 and medium-sized companies who are focused on developing global skills in their managers across the world. Many executives from a wide variety of companies have also worked with us in our open assessment and training seminars. (For a list of clients, click here)