Intercultural Leadership
Are you struggling to connect with diverse audiences? Do you want to improve your ability to lead, listen to and communicate with teams of various cultural and ethnic backgrounds? This course will help you discover how intercultural competence† can help you lead in a diverse and changing world.
† The ability to bridge across cultural differences to bring diverse people together in a transformative way.
6 SESSIONS, ALL ONLINE
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SESSION ONE
Our Changing Context
The Missional vs Attractional Church
Celebrating Cultural Diversity
SESSION TWO
Models of Culture
Cultural Definitions and Assumptions
Getting Beneath the Surface of Culture
Dealing with Ethnocentrism
SESSION THREE
The Intercultural Journey
Ongoing Cultural Development
Journey Through the IDI (Intercultural Development Inventory)
The Bible and Intercultural Leadership
SESSION FOUR
Developing Intercultural Competence
Perception is Reality and Misattributions
Understanding Cultural Values through Proverbs and Behaviour
How to Map a Culture through Describe-Interpret-Evaluate (D.I.E.)
SESSION FIVE
Understanding Culture Shock – 10 Intensity Factors
Berry’s Model of Adaptation – How Churches Adapt to Culture
SESSION SIX
Exploring Contemporary Research on Cultural Value Orientations
Meyer’s 8 Scales of Communication Styles
