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Training Programs
PROGRAM 04

The Global Leadership Program

One cultural framework, four career stages - so your leadership pipeline develops cultural capability at the right depth.

  • Leaders at every career stage
  • 6 modules · 1 add-on
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THE CHALLENGE THIS SOLVES
 
Our leadership pipeline wasn’t built for cultural complexity. Our leaders default to one style, struggle with culturally diverse teams, and can’t adapt their approach across different contexts.

What changes

Five outcomes the program is designed to produce
WHERE GLOBAL TEAMS ARE TODAY
AFTER THE PROGRAM
01 Leaders default to one style everywhere
Leaders who flex their style across cultures without losing authenticity
02 Diverse teams lose people the org wanted to keep
Improved engagement and retention in culturally diverse teams
03 Each career stage gets unconnected training
A culturally intelligent pipeline from high-potential to C-suite
04 Leadership capability is judged on impression
Measurable CultureFlex leadership profiles at every level
05 Head-office norms are exported and resented
Leadership norms that perform across every culture in the organization
HOW THE PROGRAM IS BUILT

Four career-stage tracks 

A program for every leader
EMERGING LEADER
CQ Foundations  
Personal Worldprism profile across all nine cultural dimensions, and the framework the rest of the curriculum runs on.
CQ-1 
CQ Skill Flexing  
Applying the ADAPT framework to real situations, so people flex before friction takes hold.
CQ-2
The Emerging Leader  
Influencing and leading across cultures without formal authority.
L-1 
NEW MANAGER
CQ Foundations  
Personal Worldprism profile across all nine cultural dimensions, and the framework the rest of the curriculum runs on.
CQ-1 
CQ Skill Flexing  
Applying the ADAPT framework to real situations, so people flex before friction takes hold.
CQ-2
The New Manager  
Managing and developing culturally diverse teams for the first time.
L-2 
ESTABLISHED LEADER
CQ Foundations  
Personal Worldprism profile across all nine cultural dimensions, and the framework the rest of the curriculum runs on.
CQ-1 
CQ Skill Flexing  
Applying the ADAPT framework to real situations, so people flex before friction takes hold.
CQ-2
The Established Leader  
Leading culturally complex functions and cross-functional teams at scale.
L-3 
EXECUTIVE
CQ Foundations  
Personal Worldprism profile across all nine cultural dimensions, and the framework the rest of the curriculum runs on.
CQ-1 
CQ Skill Flexing  
Applying the ADAPT framework to real situations, so people flex before friction takes hold.
CQ-2
The Executive Leader  
Setting the cultural intelligence agenda at enterprise and board level.
L-2 
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Optional add-on
Disruption-Ready Leadership 
For leaders navigating disruption, uncertainty and rapid change - using cultural diversity as a strategic advantage. 

Measured, not assumed 

Every module closes with an AI simulation test scored against CultureFlex proficiency levels. Those scores update each learner's live skill profile and roll up into your performance dashboard, so you can show what moved between the baseline and the impact review. 

 

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CULTUREFLEX SKILLS THIS PROGRAM TARGETS
Leading & Motivating 
S1 
Collaborating 
S2 
Building Trust 
S3 
Giving Feedback 
S4 
Navigating Conflict 
S5 
Foundation capabilities 
F1–F3 

Frequently asked questions

faqs-icon What is cross-cultural leadership?

Leading people whose expectations of a leader differ from your own. Those expectations include how direct to be, who makes decisions and how much input people expect to give. Effective cross-cultural leaders adjust their style without losing what makes them good at the job.

 
faqs-icon Does the program work for leaders at different levels?

Yes. There are modules for four career stages: emerging leaders without formal authority, new managers, established leaders running larger functions, and executives setting direction at board level.

 
faqs-icon How is this different from general leadership training?

Most leadership training assumes one style works everywhere. This program focuses on how leadership expectations change across cultures, and gives leaders a practical way to adapt.

 
faqs-icon Does it cover leading through change?

Yes. Add the Disruption-Ready Leadership module. It shows leaders how to use cultural diversity as an advantage when uncertainty and change hit hardest.

 

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See the program running against the cultural friction your teams are actually experiencing.

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