Professional Certificate in Cultural Competence - July 2021 class

﻿Enroll nowfor the Professional Certificate in Cultural Competence and become a culturally competent professional ready to make a meaningful impact.

Institute for Culture, Change, and Leadership

In this 2nd and final cert. course Culture, Change, and Leadership initiatives are examined in business, education, & community development.

The Professional Certificate in Cultural Competence enables educators and professionals to develop essential knowledge and skills for cultural competence, change and development, and leadership in our diverse world. From the classroom to global boardrooms to local communities, the demand for cultural competence is needed today more than ever in education, government, military, healthcare, human services, business, tourism, and hospitality. The class begins in July, 2021. Educators and professionals in our global community need to interact with people from different cultures, regardless of local, regional, national, or international contexts. Participants will learn to recognize, respect, reconcile, and realize different cultural values. They will learn to use their new knowledge to work in diverse workplaces, create culturally-appropriate change and development initiatives, and work internationally. Delivered completely online by the Institute for Culture, Change, and Leadership, the Professional Certificate in Cultural Competence includes two engaging four-week online courses. Each class has a one-hour call scheduled weekly to review its content. The time of the session is determined by the class. Leading Culture, Change and Development Initiatives – Course TwoChange initiatives in education and community development are examined as cultural designs and learners discuss common challenges facing leaders. Issues include identifying cultural dilemmas in educational development projects, overcoming resistance to community change initiatives, and measuring organizational change. Different models and methods for understanding, measuring, and leading organizational culture are provided as background for course participants. In addition, cases from virtual and on-site global settings will be used to illustrate models and methods for creative problem solving and decision-making appropriate for teams and collaboration. A Program Designed for Professional LearnersGuided by over 30 years of experience, informed by top cultural experts, and tested on the job, our approach has a track record of producing desired results. As lead designer and faculty member Gerald Glover, Ph.D. and Kimberley Barker, PhD share their work as a consultant and coach in over 30 countries on 150 change projects. Using cases, simulations, and experiences, participants actively engage in the learning process while being mentored by experienced faculty. Program participants learn methods and their practical application to create new ways of dealing with culture, change, and leadership What are the advantages of the Certificate in Cultural Competency?The Certificate provides advantages to anyone who wishes to improve how they operate in culturally diverse settings. The courses may be delivered to cohorts of individual professionals, or as in-house continuing education in schools, corporations, communities, and governments.The Certificate Advantages...Based on the work of Trompenaars, Hampden-Turner, Glover, and Barker - widely recognized authorities in the field of cultural differences and developing cultural competence.Content designed to develop more than basic knowledge of one or more specific cultures, providing the learners with cultural competence to apply in a variety of cultural contexts.Learners master concepts of culture, a framework, and method, then an operational and applied way to understand and work with culture and different cultural settings.Course materials have user-friendly designs, with engaging content and interface. We use two books that will need to be purchased. Stories, cases, simulations, and examples based on actual situations used to illustrated learning.Flexible schedules to fit work and family demands.Engaging discussions, video calls, and interactive formats.Four-week courses in which the learners progressively learn to be more culturally competent.Culture, change, development, and leadership are linked.Individual Benefits...Individuals may use the learning from the certificate to enhance their professional development and daily leadership skills and practices.Easy to use online format for course sites.No previous experience or credentials needed.In-House Organizational Training Benefits...Custom designed cases, dilemmas to make the learning relevant to the organization.Applications to cultural dilemmas in the organization.Projects to resolve workplace issues.Professional associations may use the Certificate to provide professional development opportunities for their members. One or all courses can be custom designed for association members’ learning needs.For more information and questions, contact Kimberley Barker at <a href="mailto:kimjbarker@gmail.com" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">culturechangeandleadership@gmail.com</a>. The registration fee for course one is $350. The registration fee for course two is $525. Certificate price if classes are taken back to back is $800 USD - that is a $75 savings!!

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