Cross Cultural Coaching

The objective of this programme is to help expatriate leaders assimilate to their new environment and become productive employees as quickly as possible. We aim to do that by anticipating and easing the common pain-points associated with moving to a foreign country, not just for the employee, but for their accompanying spouse.

Ideally, this programme should start before the expatriate arrives in the host country to ensure that both employee and their family discuss the implications of the posting and the related work and living issues.

After the employee has had 2-3 weeks experience of working in their new environment, their specific needs and observations will be addressed through cross-cultural coaching. This will include issues such as:

• Cultural Value Differences - understanding your own culture and how it affects behaviour.
• Key historical, political and geographical themes shaping Malaysian culture.
• Business in Malaysia - how it differs from your home culture
• Leading and communicating effectively across cultures
• Daily living in Malaysia

The accompanying spouse should attend the last portion of the coaching session when we would discuss daily living in Malaysia to provide them with a bank of valuable information to ease their transition into this new environment.