Tag Archive for: Intercultural management

illustratie van een cultuurtraining

15 Years De Vonk Advies

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My company De Vonk has been around for 15 years! 🌼 Actually, it was by chance that I started my own business. After returning from 10 years of development work and organizational consulting in West Africa, I wasn't really happy in my temporary…

Soft stuff or hard cash?

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Cultural competence is classified as a soft skill. Soft skills are personal and social characteristics that you need to be successful, which describe how you tackle challenges, interact with people and organize your work. In a multicultural…
Showing the management team

“Wonderful experience”

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After a few online trainings, I finally got the chance to do a face-to-face training with this management team in Ghana. We had covered quite some ground online, yet they all felt the incredible difference with this one. Being in the room,…
Impression of book launch

Book launch in Portugal

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On the 4th of July, we were happy to present our book once more! This time for a room full of Portuguese businessmen, academia and (former) colleagues ánd former professors of Vasco Freitas Silva (co-author). In a pretty Casa do Corim, in…
Illustration on how to build trust

Webinar Trust across cultures

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When a potential partner asks you to sign a contract, does your trust in the person diminish or increase? Or, on another note, do you prefer long meetings where you have the ability to voice your ideas and listen to others, or would you rather…
Indruk van de training

Masterclass Intercultural Competences

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Together with the colleagues from the Cooperative Cultural Insights, we organized the first Master Class with open enrollment, on June 18th 2025. Great fun to join forces and complement each other, and exciting to co-facilitate well. The…
Impression of atmosphere of FoH Conference

Conference Friends of Hofstede

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Cultural experts from across the Globe gathered to exchange knowledge and experience under the umbrella of the Friends of Hofstede.
three pictures of members of the cooperative

Relaunch Cooperative

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Exciting news for the new year!Saskia Maarse, Brigitte Opel and I are relaunching Cooperative Cultural Insights, combining our extensive expertise from diverse cultural backgrounds, various sectors, and multiple countries. With a vast network…
This is a compilation of six pictures with Alette presenting and in a panel.

NABC Book presentation

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It was great to do the book presentation and panel discussion, talking about intercultural management in Africa. It was during the back-to-business meeting, after the summer break, of the Netherlands-African Business Council (NABC), organized…
announcement on social media for Alette as a speaker on NABC Back to business event

Speaker NABC

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Always nice to see such a speaker announcement. Soon I'll present my book at the back-to-business event of the NABC (Netherlands-African Business Council). The book is about doing business in Africa. It concerns a very interesting case study…