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Today’s episode of Management Development Unlocked features Janet Livingstone. Janet is an executive coach, team performance coach, trainer, and consultant. She is a global multi-potential, multilingual leadership development practitioner who coaches folks worldwide. She has lived and worked in several different countries on several continents and has empathy and experience that lends itself well to people from other cultures and people transitioning from one culture to another. She is based in Seattle and sometimes in Bratislava, Slovakia.

In this episode, you’ll hear:

1. Why life doesn’t stop at a promotion and there is still so much to learn even at the management level.
2. The impact of bad coaching and the benefits of grooming someone for management beforehand so they understand what to expect.
3. The difference between listening well and fully focusing on someone and paying attention to their cues and just being quiet,
4. Cultural variances, how they impact team interactions, and why they can efficiently push you out of your comfort zone.
5. How an attempt to speak the local language is received with gratitude and interest and the value in educating yourself about other cultures.
6. Janet’s intercultural focus in her coaching business and her Team Elements coaching methodology based on iterative dialogue.

Connect with Janet Livingstone:

LinkedIn

Website

janet@cultureiskey.coach

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