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In a multicultural enviroment what is the best approach to lead changes in people mindset?

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Question added by Gilberto Garcia
Date Posted: 2015/08/18
Brynn Bailey
by Brynn Bailey , National Operations Manager , NuMetro

Contemporary leadership theories ignore the enormous contributions, potential learning, and valuable insights that come from leaders in diverse communities.

Leadership techniques that you will have to integrate into your organization originate from a collectivist culture.

These cultures are usually more tightly woven and integrated than Eurocentric cultures, and as a result they cherish welfare, unity and harmony.

To maintain these elements, people behave politely, act in a socially desirable manner, and respect others,

People work for group success before personal credit or gain.

Some ideas that may work are:

Minimize conflict by reminding employees that they truly are "family." 

In multicultural leadership, one step toward minimizing conflict is encouraging people to view each other as relatives.

In the same way that viewing other members of society as relatives would reduce the likelihood of war and fighting, encouraging employees to view one another as family encourages them to seek out resolutions to their problems.

Foster a culture that's accepting of spirituality.

 By encouraging employees to share their spiritual sides rather than compartmentalize them, you create a workplace where people bring their "whole selves" to work.

 Focus employees on a company vision

In order to develop a company vision that truly reflects the diverse attitudes of your employees, think of it as a community vision.

 

El Hadi El Yashruti
by El Hadi El Yashruti , Data Analyst

First and foremost, understand the host nation culture. The biggest mistake is guiding people in a manner that will disrupt their daily lives. Secondly, one should always make an attempt at understanding each an every individual's background, it is time consuming but the results are worth it.

The ability to communicate or relay a message is more than just spoken language, we all may be able to communicate through a common spoken language, but the way any message is received is through the perspective of the listener (student). In order to change a mindset one must first understand the mind of the learner.

Once the learner and the teacher truly understand each other, then the changes will start to form.

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