Building
Productivity, Innovation, and Creativity
by
Developing Intercultural Competence
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This section of our website is about building
your competitive advantage in the increasingly-diverse
global marketplace for talent and business through productivity,
innovation, and creativity.
It
is about building
organization effectiveness and leadership
development by focusing on how well people
communicate and work with, and understand the needs
of, colleagues and customers with different cultural
backgrounds.
This practical information is relevant
for individual employees or leaders, teams, and entire
organizations. It
is based on the Developmental Model of Intercultural
Sensitivity ( DMIS) and the related Intercultural Development
Inventory ( IDI) assessment instrument.
Dedicated pages highlight applications, the underlying
theory, the diagnostic assessment tool, and a typical
IDI feedback report.
Why work with MDB Group to develop your own,
your team’s, or your company’s intercultural
competence?
Productivity, innovation,
and creativity of individuals, teams, and organizations
depend upon people communicating and working well with
colleagues and customers from different cultural backgrounds.
This is what a truly inclusive workplace looks like.
Most organizations consider this a critical success
factor in today’s
increasingly-diverse, globally-connected workplace. IDI
helps build true inclusion.
We at MDB Group have integrated IDI into many aspects
of our work on diversity and inclusion. MDB
Group can help you derive the full potential business
benefits available from diversity, cultural difference,
and inclusion.
A terminology note:
We consider “intercultural” and “cultural” as
interchangeable and inclusive of all aspects of human
difference. We
tend to use "intercultural competence" while recognizing
that "cultural competence"
is also used widely. For more about this, see DMIS.
MDB Group is pleased to provide certified
IDI administrators to work with you in any capacity needed. We provide complete
coaching and developmental interventions based on the
IDI. We also provide administration and interpretation
services to other consultants in support of their work
with their clients.
Please call
us; we will be happy to discuss how you may realize
the full benefits of the Intercultural Development Inventory.
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