On This Episode: International experiences, moving out of our comfort zone (physically, mentally, personally and professionally), living and working in other countries, experiencing cultural differences, language challenges, Rivadavia, Lelle, Mateus share with you how resilience, passion, faith and hard work has helped in their experiences.
Key Questions for Reflection:
How do you measure life?
How do you lean into the opportunities to learn and relate to the experience of others ?
How do you establish goals and expectations for moving out of your comfort zone and/or another country?
How do you stay focused on connection and bridge the gap between experience, wisdom, curiosity and the things that define who we are?
How do you motivate and lead people from different cultures?
How do you connect your actions to align with your motivations? (4 levels)
Speakers:
Rivadavia Alvarenga Neto:
Rivadavia is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the W P Carey School of Business at Arizona State University; 30+ years of teaching experience, of which more than 20+ years were spent teaching executive education in leading business schools and universities, multiple teaching excellence awards and has hold C-Level positions as President, CEO, Rector, Dean and Executive Director; Partner and Board Member of the Anima Educational Group Brazil (Sao Paulo Stock Exchange, ANIM3, Brazil), he was a Visiting Associate Professor at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, China; currently an Independent Board of Directors Member of Vitru LTD (Nasdaq), serving at the Audit Committee and as Head of the Innovation & Academic Committee.
Lelle Wang:
Lelle was born in Beijing, China, grew up in Sweden speaking Swedish, came back to China not knowing how to speak Mandarin, and worked so hard to excel in the best schools in Beijing. Master's and Bachelor's in Computer Science, after graduation worked in China Telecom Corporation Beijing Company as a Product Manager for 8.5 years. Coming over for the full time MBA program at W.P.Carey, she worked hard to quickly adapt to English. Mother of two kids.
Mateus Beneduzi:
Mateus was born and raised in southern Brazil, worked on familiar business since was a child. Learned to speak English by myself through video games and music. Love soccer and is a diehard Internacional fan. After college, worked as a Marketing manager and as a consultant for SEBRAE before deciding to move to the U.S.
Connect further:
https://www.linkedin.com/company/heart-hard-work
Rivadavia: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rivadavia
Lelle: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lellewang
Mateus: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mateusbeneduzi
