Cultural Competencies: Perspective-Taking (6) Perspective-Taking helps leaders navigate complexity without jumping to conclusions. It’s what allows people to stay curious, adjust in real time, and build trust—especially when perspectives, expectations, or emotions don’t align. ______ Ready to find out your Cultural Competencies scores? 🌍 Take our free cultural agility assessment at mygiide.com #CulturalAgility #PerspectiveTaking #LeadershipDevelopment #GlobalWorkforce #LearningAndDevelopment #PeopleDevelopment Paula Caligiuri, PhD Diane DeCaprio Claire Ellicott
Skiilify
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Future-Proofing Professional Skills for Tomorrow's Workforce, Today
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Skiilify is dedicated to delivering innovative learning solutions that empower individuals and organizations to build critical soft skills that drive performance, foster innovation, and build culturally agile teams. Our proprietary platform, myGiide, delivers engaging, research-based learning experiences designed to help people thrive in today’s fast-paced, and ever-evolving work environments. From enhancing cultural awareness to developing leadership and communication skills in the AI context, we tailor our solutions to meet the specific needs of businesses and universities. At Skiilify, we believe that the right skills can empower individuals and transform organizations. Whether you're a leader seeking to elevate your team's effectiveness or an individual committed to personal and professional growth, Skiilify provides the tools you need to succeed.
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Most cross-cultural miscommunications come from deciding what an observation means before you understand the context, value, or system producing it. When you work across cultures, "premature certainty" is often the reason for many missteps, mistakes, and problems. Here are five ways to slow judgment, become curious, and get closer to what is actually true. 1) Delay conclusions until behavior repeats. One interaction is noise. Patterns are signal. Strong opinions formed early are usually guesses. 2) Track outcomes, not intentions. Stop analyzing what people “meant.” Watch what actually happens next. Who follows through, who moves decisions, where authority really sits. 3) Trust behavior over language when they conflict. In some contexts, verbal agreement is cheap. In others, silence carries weight. When words and outcomes diverge, outcomes are the data. 4) Use your local, trusted "guides" for advice. Before labeling “how this culture works,” test your interpretation with someone inside the system: “Here is my read. What am I missing?” 5) Treat strong emotion as a diagnostic signal. When you experience irritation, anger, or moral judgement, this often means you skipped observation and curiosity and jumped to interpretation. In cross-cultural work, accuracy compounds your success. Confidence without evidence impedes it. So, slow judgements and remain curious. #CulturalAgility #Crossculturalcommunication Skiilify #globalmindset #internationalbusiness
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Cultural Competencies: Relationship Building (5) Culturally agile individuals learn through people by forming meaningful connections, expanding professional networks, and creating a sense of belonging that helps them perform more effectively across cultures. ______ Ready to find out your Cultural Competencies scores? 🌍Take our free cultural agility assessment at mygiide.com #RelationshipBuilding #CulturalCompetency #CulturalAgility #SoftSkills #InternationalBusiness #LearningDevelopment Paula Caligiuri, PhD Diane DeCaprio Claire Ellicott
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Hey faculty- if you are looking for an engaging way to teach cross-cultural competencies next semester, you’ll want to join this webinar on Monday.
Hey Faculty: Are you looking for a fresh, ready-to-plug-in exercise that actually moves the needle on your students’ cross-cultural competence? If you teach HR, OB, or anything in the global/cross-cultural space, join us for a fast, practical session: “How to Use myGiide to Build Students’ Cross-Cultural Competence” 📅 December 15 ⏰ 11:00 AM (ET, USA) In this free webinar, the Skiilify team will walk you through how to integrate myGiide into your course to spark richer discussions, deepen cultural awareness, and boost engagement. Seats are free, but you’ll need to register to receive the Zoom link. We look forward to seeing you there and helping you level-up your students' career readiness! https://lnkd.in/eWiAP4-G
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Cultural Competencies: Cultural Humility (4) Cultural humility is less about having the right answers and more about how you approach the unknown. Creating space for honest dialogue, reducing power imbalances, and strengthening trust. ______ Want to find out your Cultural Humility score? 🌍 Take our free cultural agility assessment at mygiide.com #CulturalCompetency #CulturalHumility #ContinuousLearning #SoftSkills #InternationalSuccess Paula Caligiuri, PhD Claire Ellicott Diane DeCaprio
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Discussing sensitive topics looks different across cultures. What feels "normal" in one place can feel off-limits in another. When in doubt: observe, listen, and let curiosity lead. That’s cultural agility. #SensitiveTopics #ThoughtfulResponse #CulturalAgility #NavigatingPolitics #SoftSkills Paula Caligiuri, PhDClaire Ellicott
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At Skiilify, we believe cultural agility should be accessible to everyone—and that starts in the classroom. On Dec 15 (11 AM ET), we’re hosting a free webinar for faculty: “How to Use myGiide to Build Students’ Cross-Cultural Competence.” In just one hour, you’ll learn how to use myGiide’s free, research-backed tools to deepen cultural awareness, elevate discussions, and help your students thrive in global work environments. Reserve your spot below & we’ll send over the Zoom link: 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eWiAP4-G #FacultyWebinar #CareerReadiness #CulturalAgility #InternationalRelationships Paula Caligiuri, PhD Claire Ellicott Diane DeCaprio
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Cultural Competencies: Resilience (3) Resilience strengthens how we show up across cultures. It helps us stay grounded under pressure, recalibrate quickly, and move forward with clarity — even in unfamiliar environments. ______ Ready to find out your Resilience score? 🌍Take our free cultural agility assessment at mygiide.com #CulturalAgility #Resilience #ConfidentSkills #SoftSkills #CulturalCompetence Paula Caligiuri, PhD Claire EllicottDiane DeCaprio
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If you're looking to improve your students' cultural competencies through engaging and practical solutions, we welcome you to join our free webinar: “How to Use myGiide to Build Students’ Cross-Cultural Competence” 📅 December 15 ⏰ 11:00 AM (ET, USA) Reserve your spot below: https://lnkd.in/eWiAP4-G
Hey Faculty: Are you looking for a fresh, ready-to-plug-in exercise that actually moves the needle on your students’ cross-cultural competence? If you teach HR, OB, or anything in the global/cross-cultural space, join us for a fast, practical session: “How to Use myGiide to Build Students’ Cross-Cultural Competence” 📅 December 15 ⏰ 11:00 AM (ET, USA) In this free webinar, the Skiilify team will walk you through how to integrate myGiide into your course to spark richer discussions, deepen cultural awareness, and boost engagement. Seats are free, but you’ll need to register to receive the Zoom link. We look forward to seeing you there and helping you level-up your students' career readiness! https://lnkd.in/eWiAP4-G
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At Skiilify, we believe cultural agility should be accessible to everyone—and that starts in the classroom. On Dec 15 (11 AM ET), we’re hosting a free webinar for faculty: “How to Use myGiide to Build Students’ Cross-Cultural Competence.” In just one hour, you’ll learn how to use myGiide’s free, research-backed tools to deepen cultural awareness, elevate discussions, and help your students thrive in global work environments. Reserve your spot below & we’ll send over the Zoom link: 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eWiAP4-G #FacultyWebinar #CareerReadiness #CulturalAgility #InternationalRelationships Paula Caligiuri, PhD Claire Ellicott Diane DeCaprio
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