Development Assessments

Culture in the Workplace questionnaire (CWq)

Assesses cultural value preferences to foster Intercultural Awareness for:

  • Employees: to prepare for international assignments
  • Teams: to prepare teams for working with other teams across cultures; can be used in global coaching
    • to foster intra-team cultural awareness
    • to clarify team culture
    • to strengthen team relationships
    • to nurture more effective intercultural collaboration

Intercultural Effectiveness Scale (IES)

Assesses 6 dimensions essential for Intercultural Competence:

  • Employees: to help employees understand how they engage people from other cultures
  • Teams: to highlight the strengths of global teams
  • HR/Management: to serve as a basis for employee coaching and developmental plans

Intercultural Conflict Style Inventory (ICSI)

Assesses communication style preferences to foster Intercultural Awareness for:

  • Teams or workgroups: to clarify culturally-influenced communication styles and their impact on collaboration; acts as tool for cross-cultural conflict resolution

The International Profiler (TIP)

Assesses relative energy & attention placed on selected Intercultural Competencies for:

  • Employees: to prepare for international assignments
  • To use in conjunction with coaching in lead roles within and among multicultural workgroups

Global Team Process questionnaire (GTPq)

Assesses team processes with respect to effectiveness of Team Functions for:

  • Teams: to obtain a periodic snapshot of teams with respect to 6 team cultural dimensions

DiSC

Assesses 4 dimensions of preferred Work Style for:

  • Employees: to prepare for international assignment (can be combined with cultural training or coaching for multicultural environment)
  • Teams: to foster intra-team awareness; to clarify team culture, to strengthen team relationships; and, to nurture more effective collaboration