Glossary
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Better Thinking
programs by CULTURE OPTIONS on dealing with unconscious bias
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Blended Learning
Learning that combines Training (or Seminar or Workshop, with participant/s and trainer/s physically present) with online digital media (Webinar), giving learners some elements of control over time, place, path, or pace
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Coaching
individual consulting advancing ownership of solutions, rather than concrete recommendations from the coach; after an initial face-to-face meeting in person also possible virtually, via Skype or phone
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Competence, intercultural
ability and willingness to interact appropriately and successfully with individuals belonging to other ("foreign", "strange") groups ("cultures", networks)
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Consulting
discussion of objectives, situation, and options in relevant areas (in personnel or organizational development, CULTURE OPTIONS offers consulting on Mobility & Relocation, Diversity & Inclusion, 'Better Thinking,' or Vision & Mission);
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Culture Shock
usually not a shock like a sudden fright, rather a process of recognizing habits, patterns of thought, approaches to solutions, values which may differ significantly from one's own
see Preparation, Re-EntryConsulting on Mobility & Relocation ...
Training & Coaching for Mobility & Relocation ...
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Diversity
people who are more than individually 'different,' e. g. in familial or cultural background or personal dispositions, innate or learned (sexual identity or orientaton, age, skin color, hierarchy or rank, religion, nationality, ...)
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Expatriate, Expat
person temporarily living in another country, in connection with their own or their spouse's professional life, corresponding to Inpat
Consulting on Mobility & Relocation ...
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Inclusion
environment where everyone is allowed to and motivated to give their best, without obstacles, e. g., in the form of open or hidden discrimination or unconscious bias (the opposite of exclusion but not mere integration of a minority into the majority's patterns)
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Inpatriate, Inpat
same as Expat, as seen from the inside
Consulting on Mobility & Relocation ...
Training & Coaching for Mobility & Relocation ...
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Insight (Country)
2-day Training by CULTURE OPTIONS to prepare participants for or give them orientation in the target country of their Relocation, e. g. Insight Germany, by building understanding for culturally formative developments as well as differences and communalities in values, and by providing expert knowledge about the most important challenges, potential conflict areas, and ideas for dealing with them, in business and private life
Consulting on Mobility & Relocation ...
Training & Coaching for Mobility & Relocation ...
