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Welcome to the Global Coach Center
Cross-Cultural and Expatriate Academy.
This is the place where you can read about and take on-line cross-cultural courses for many countries. We have pioneered this effort in order to bring you affordable and high quality information that you cannot get anywhere else. Please click on the name of the country to read more about each course.
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Welcome to Germany Cross-Cultural Course |
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A full cross-cultural training on
LIVING IN GERMANY
by Roswitha Steffi Müller
I was born into a family of expats – they called themselves expellees or deportees: They had to leave the German parts of what is now the Czech Republic in 1945. In my childhood I was surrounded by homesick people. Although they came from the same cultural background, they nevertheless missed family, traditions, friends and the comfort of the well-known. They had to adjust to the traditions of another country, find new ones, establish new friendships, and keep in touch with family members and make a living in an unfamiliar context.
With 21, I left my native country Austria and moved with my husband to Germany. Again I stayed in the same but still so different cultural background. Adjustment was not always easy. Later we moved to England, Brazil and Russia. There I began to see my culture with different eyes. Also I realized that some people have almost no problems enjoying life and being successful in a culture which is foreign and often confusing to them, while others suffered.
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Welcome to Israel Cross-Cultural Course |
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A full cross-cultural training on
LIVING IN ISRAEL
by Sharon Gilor
- Are you moving to Israel?
- Planning on working and living in Israel?
- Maybe you are visiting Israel on a business trip or thinking about establishing business relations with Israeli companies?
Whatever reasons you have for traveling to Israel you must be wondering about life in Israel, its people, the Israeli business etiquette and how well would you adjust to the Israeli culture?
Culture is often viewed as an iceberg. A small part of the iceberg is visible and can be taught quite easily: the way people are dressed, the language they speak and the way they greet each other. But the majority is hidden: thoughts, beliefs, values and assumptions. The hidden part of the culture is usually what causes the intercultural differences that you encounter.
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Welcome to the Philippines Cross-Cultural Course |
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A full cross-cultural training on
LIVING IN THE PHILIPPINES
by Gerald Riordan
I am British and have worked and lived, as an expatriate, in many countries in South East Asia over the last twenty years, including living in Philippines. Apart from the work my interest has always been the differences in cultures not only between the East and the West but also between neighboring countries. I have now settled down and am living permanently in the Philippines and experience on a daily basis the difference between how I behave, as a foreigner, and the culture that surrounds me.
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Welcome to the Netherlands Cross-Cultural Course |
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A full cross-cultural training on
LIVING IN THE NETHERLANDS
by Ines Hijmans
I was lucky enough to being able to live and work abroad at an early age. It proved to be a life changing experience. I experienced how things could be dealt with differently. I got to know the ins and outs of my host country’s culture as well as learned to look at my native Dutch culture through different eyes. After that first eye-opener and enriching experience, I have been moving around ever since, studying, working and living in different countries. I try to combine the best of all the cultures I got to know intimately, both in private as well in business.
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Welcome to Russia Cross-Cultural Course |
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A full cross-cultural training on
by Margarita Gokun Silver
I am lucky enough to intimately know both the Russian culture and the western mindset. I was born in what used to be the USSR — in Moscow — and I moved to the United States as a young adult. After completing my education in one of the best universities of the world, I embarked on an expatriate career. I’ve been moving around — working and living in different countries — ever since.
Recently I was fortunate to return to and live in Russia for an amazing 4 years. The country has changed so dramatically that at first I didn’t recognize it. But then, as I started coaching expatriates, I began to come across things that were very familiar.
My clients were stressed, frustrated, and in many cases even angry at the effects that living in Russia was producing in them.
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