Cultural competence can be defined as productivity and creativity in multicultural situations, and is a critical skill for participating in teams, leading teams and partnering with or advising others. Business leaders encounter many cultural differences in today’s interconnected, global and rapidly changing world. Being able to identify and understand cultures, and utilize this knowledge to become curious and invite creative thinking are at the core of cultural competence.

Attend this session to learn how to define culture, identify the multiple levels of culture that influence individual thinking, feeling and behavior. Articulate the barriers to cultural competence. Differentiate between the meta skills that can help build the individual as well as organizational cultural competence capacity. Leave the session with improved leadership and partnership capacity.

Please note: no recording will be available with your purchase; we do not record these sessions.

Facilitator: Ms. Şirin Köprücü - Principal, StrategicStraits, Inc.

Şirin Köprücü is a certified Global Mindset® facilitator, a certified Quantum Negotiation™ facilitator and an international educator in the Executive Education program of Thunderbird School of Global Management who helps leaders improve curiosity, confidence, strategy and success with increased cultural, market and global trend awareness. She has led StrategicStraits, a market entry consulting firm since its inception in 2006, worked with Fortune 500 and entrepreneur clients, and served the corporate and nonprofit business communities in numerous volunteer roles including as the founding chair of the Innovation and Growth Committee, and the Business Women Dialogue Committee at the American Turkish Council. Currently, she is a member of the International Section Council at the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE), member of the International Roundtable at the Washington Network Group (WNG) and a friend of the Maryland-DC Export Council.