{"id":49,"date":"2014-04-12T19:57:40","date_gmt":"2014-04-12T14:57:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/annelitwin.com\/?page_id=49"},"modified":"2019-06-21T14:43:37","modified_gmt":"2019-06-21T14:43:37","slug":"diversity-and-cross-cultural-counseling","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.annelitwin.com\/blog\/diversity-and-cross-cultural-counseling\/","title":{"rendered":"Diversity and Cross-cultural Consulting"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6>GOALS<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>Attract and retain top talent.<\/li>\n<li>Tap into the collective strengths of a diverse workforce.<\/li>\n<li>Communicate and mentor across cultures.<\/li>\n<li>Create a more inclusive environment.<\/li>\n<li>Attract a broader customer base by increasing employee awareness of cultural differences.<\/li>\n<li>Enhance capacity for trust and collaboration across cultural differences.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6>APPROACH<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>Conduct a climate survey to assess the ways differences affect assumptions, attitudes, and behavior in your workplace.<\/li>\n<li>Build cross-cultural competencies through customized awareness, sensitivity, and skills training.<\/li>\n<li>Recommend practical strategies for tapping into the synergies of global and domestic difference.<\/li>\n<li>Plan implementation.<\/li>\n<li>Evaluate results.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6>RESULTS<\/h6>\n<p>\u201cThank you for bringing the Organization Workshop to us in Southeast Asia.You were the absolutely perfect person for this job.\u00a0<strong>You were able to understand the different needs in our context and flex to the group. And your style is so good here.<\/strong>\u00a0I am excited by the impact your work here has had on us. The language you gave us has given us a very strong place to start. The results people are seeing in their organizations are great.\u201d<br \/>\n\u2014Organization Development NGO Consultant, Southeast Asia.<br \/>\nAnne conducted the Organization Workshop and consulted to several international NGOs in Southeast Asia as part of a joint organizational capacity-building effort.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cThe phrase \u2018life changing\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0is rarely appropriate in describing an event, however attending the Leadership Competence Training (LCT) truly was. Anne and her partner developed the training to improve cross-cultural communication, self-awareness, stress management, team leadership, and one\u2019s ability to give and receive feedback.\u201d<br \/>\n\u2014David Rymarz, Manager, Siemens<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cAnne Litwin\u2019s contributions<\/strong>\u00a0to Lucent\u2019s diversity development were invaluable. She brings a wealth of organizational and system knowledge and diversity experience. We have benefited from Anne\u2019s sensitivity and integrity to build bridges with individuals and organizations while addressing very controversial and sensitive issues.\u201d<br \/>\n\u2014Juwan Thomas, Director of Diversity Training, Lucent Technologies<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<strong>The gender differences workshops<\/strong>\u00a0developed and conducted by Anne and her colleague Tom Finn,\u00a0entitled Women and Men in the Workplace, had a significant impact on our organization\u2019s culture. Since the workshops, the company has made several significant changes in our leave and pay policies, and women technical professionals are being valued and promoted for bringing a feminine communication and leadership style to the workplace.\u201d<br \/>\n\u2014Engineering Technology Manager<\/p>\n<h6>EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION<\/h6>\n<p><strong>Domestic Diversity<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Consulted and trained in domestic diversity for over 30 years.<\/li>\n<li>Published writings on workplace diversity, including \u201cWomen and Men in the Workplace\u201d and \u201cSexual Harassment Prevention\u201d in\u00a0<em>Managing in the Age of Change<\/em>, as well as several other articles. See\u00a0<a title=\"Publications\" href=\"https:\/\/annelitwin.com\/publications\/\">Publications\u00a0<\/a>for the full list.<\/li>\n<li>Quoted twice in\u00a0<em>The New York Times<\/em>\u00a0as an expert on workplace diversity.<\/li>\n<li>Featured in Becky Thompson\u2019s book\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/tg\/detail\/-\/0816636346\/qid=1065302629\/sr=1-1\/ref=sr_1_1\/104-7606401-9637508?v=glance&amp;s=books\"><em>A Promise and a Way of Life: White Antiracist Activism.<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Founded a biracial women\u2019s support group that has continued to meet for the past 20 years.<\/li>\n<li>Published articles and book chapters on global consulting, and recently published her research on women in organizations in a book entitled\u00a0<em>New Rules for Women: Revolutionizing the Way Women Work Together<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Global Multiculturalism<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Keynote Speaker on \u201cOD: Dancing in the Global Context\u201d to the Global Organization Development Conference, Mysore, India, September, 2006.<\/li>\n<li>Co-developed multi-cultural leadership training for Siemens.<\/li>\n<li>Keynote Address at the International U.N. 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