by Gary Oddou | Apr 16, 2020 | Education, Global Skills
We are experiencing unprecedented conflict in the world, in our own countries, and within our own communities, and much of this conflict is due to gaps in our understanding of each other. Gaps that create unreasonable expectations and biased judgments. Individuals...
by Gary Oddou | Mar 19, 2020 | Global Skills
I want to start this by emphasizing the “talent” of being able to effectively manage our differences with others. Although this talent is not as visible as those we typically extoll–music, art, athletics and so on–the outcome of exercising...
by Gary Oddou | Jan 9, 2020 | Education
As human beings in a world of expectations within our family, social and work environments, we depend on clarity and predictability. We have clear expectations of driver behavior at red and green lights. Our and their lives depend on it. We go to work having clear...
by Gary Oddou | Dec 12, 2019 | Education, Global Skills
Exceptional people in our context are the best learners for several reasons. We’ll talk about one of them in this post: being slow to judge. This context is one where those around us represent different beliefs, values, customs, and perspectives. Our...
by Gary Oddou | Aug 23, 2019 | Global Skills
When Mark Mendenhall and I did our original research that formed the basis for the Global Competency Inventory and the Intercultural Effectiveness Scale, we found something very interesting. Our research indicated that individuals adapted to diversity better who were...
