What we do

Sustainable international leadership development does not happen in a quick fix workshop. Instead, we take the group on a ‘journey’. Through our Connected Leadership approach, we connect the participants with all relevant spheres, making individual sense of the context & strategy, the leadership mindset & skill set, personal resources and self-leadership, and the growth and engagement of teams and individuals around a common purpose.

From high potentials to senior leaders, it shows that in experiencing this journey together, the group grows into a solid international network – a priceless cornerstone of successful global organisations.

Whether rolling out a new vision and strategy, changing processes, structures, mindsets or merging business entities – we can support you to focus on and mobilise what will make it a success: your people.

Over two decades of supporting international companies to fully utilise the potential of their cross-cultural diversity, we can honestly say that our training approach works really well. We use our MUSIC© model of cultural dimensions provides a perfect framework for understanding cultural drivers and their impact on business effectiveness. We enable individuals, teams and organisations to identify their own cultural mind sets and behaviour, learn to appreciate the “differentness” of other people’s ways of working – and to develop strategies for working effectively in a global context.

We provide a wide range of cross-cultural training programmes, from general cross-cultural awareness to country specific effectiveness and cross-cultural team coaching. Our trainers are experienced cross-cultural practioners, and bring real-life experience and insights into each training.

Cohesion and effectiveness of teams is at the heart of high performing organisations in today’s global, dynamic and complex environment. Our team coaching interventions create a positive, creative atmosphere for teams to (re-)energise and focus.

The digital age is reshaping our work environment and bringing an exciting new twist to what is expected of leaders. In this new reality diversity rules, teams are virtual and self-managed and disruption is the norm. And now, more than ever, we need leaders who have the ability to build strong networks, thrive in uncertainty and enable collaboration and innovation.

• NEW: open seminar >> Leading high-performing Remote Teams
• Remote and Virtual Collaboration
• Getting the VUCA Mindset
• Multi-generational Leadership
• Managing and Contributing in the Matrix
• New Ways of Working

We are experts in supporting our clients with the international roll-out of corporate programmes. However complex the initiative, we understand the success criteria for international development programmes, and are uniquely equipped to ensure quality, consistency and impact. Our ‘glocal’ approach aligns the programme globally while accommodating regional needs and preferences.

From 1/2- day learning bite sessions which integrate into a normal workday, to 3-day skill development workshops or engaging large groups around strategically important topics – we offer a variety of interventions customised around the learning needs of the target group, both inhouse and as open seminars. Find out more about our favourite formats , such as Cross-cultural competence, Managing in the matrix, Leading remote teams, Managing conflict, Lateral leadership & Influcencing, Decision making in complexity, Self leadership, Emotional intelligence, etc.

Combining cross-cultural expertise and professionalism with tried and tested tools to assess and develop your global talent

With the battle for talent intensifying worldwide, identifying and developing potential has become a top priority for leading organisations.

THE BRIDGE has developed tools and processes to effectively assess potential and talent across cultures and different functions.

In our custom designed Orientation Centres and Structured Interviews, we lead and co-lead with our clients the assessment of participants’ potential. As a next step we identify the best way to develop those participants’ strengths and accelerate their professional development. The subsequent development plan may include participation on a training programme, job rotation and other individual performance enrichment measures.

Whichever path is chosen, we help our clients to identify, develop and retain their top talents with the aim of building a robust leadership pipeline for the future.

To support individual and group learning, we use tried and tested well-known frameworks and tools:

• Insights discovery
• Gallup’s Clifton StrengthFinder
• MUSIC intercultural model
• FIRO-B
• MBTI Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
• PBL Project-based learning
• 360° Feedback