Cultural Awareness Training

Sharing 21 years of expertise in Intercultural Learning & Development (1999 - )

WORKING WITH ANYONE, ANYWHERE.

The intercultural competence to leverage cultural diversity and boost creativity, inclusion and performance in a multicultural and globalised world.

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VIRTUAL TRAINING ROOMS

Interested in enhancing intercultural communication, aligning global practices, or developing a global mindset? Book a seat in our virtual courses 2020 (groups of 6 people maximum).

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How Can We Help You and Your Organisation?

Our expert interventions support developing the cultural competence to leverage cultural differences, to work more productively and to enjoy greater success in our multicultural and globalised world.

In-House Training cultural training programs for professionals and teams tailored to your needs and delivered at your preferred venue. LEARN MORE
Business Coaching Help grow people to accelerate cultural competence development to achieve goals in multicultural and/or international businesses. LEARN MORE
Virtual Training Rooms Training Workshops tailored to private or public organisations. Open to individuals and small groups. LEARN MORE
Assessment Centre Assessments and tools to assist in identifying the development needs to enhance intercultural competence of your professionals, leaders and teams. Learn more
Public Speaking Public speakers and presenters for your events, strategic forums or upcoming conferences. LEARN MORE

What our Clients say

Many thanks for your session/workshop. It was very well received by all and feedback has been extremely positive. We were trying to use some of learning in the following day session(s). I will recommend you to other teams in Cisco and they can leverage this or similar session for their leadership/ team building activities. Cisco Services APJC Cisco Services APJC

Culture Resource Centre doesn’t just do cultural awareness but provides pathways to build cultural competence and cultural intelligence that improves and develops our teams’ communication, productivity and efficiency. Ansaldo STS is a culturally diverse and dynamic organisation with global coverage, the Culture Resource Centre has been a valuable provider of training to my resources. I am happy to recommend the work of Culture Resource Centre. Training Manager, Asia Pacific ANSALDO STS

Our Recent Projects

Our approach, expertise and results are best represented by our work.

Developing Intercultural Capabilities and Inclusiveness within the University
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Executive Coaching for Managing a Culturally Diverse Local Subsidiary
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Management Practices for Leading Culturally Diverse IT Professionals
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Cultural Awareness within Australian Defence Force
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Developing Cultural Intelligence (CQ)
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Managing Remote and Diverse Teams
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Meet the Team

Let us Introduce our Team and our Local and International Networks

JOOST THISSEN Founder & Partner
Joost Thissen is founder and partner of Culture Resource Centre.Her areas of expertise include cross-cultural management, developing intercultural competence, and organisational behaviour.Joost has a Master’s Degree in Business Sociology (A'dam, The Netherlands) and a Professional Development Certificate "Executive Coaching” by the Institute of Coaching and Consulting Psychology (Sydney). She is accredited in the Intercultural Readiness Check (IRC), the IRC Train-the-trainer, and holds Certificate IV in Training and Assessment.Joost is adjunct lecturer for the University of Wollongong, and lectures at the Sydney Business School (MBA).
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KEES HOEFSLOOT Partner
Kees Hoefsloot is partner of the Culture Resource Centre.During his international corporate career he developed a keen interest and in-depth expertise in global business, partnerships, outsourcing/off-shoring, and working with multicultural virtual project teams.Kees holds a Bachelor Degree in International Business and followed the executive MBA “International Client Account Sales” program with INSEAD; a Professional Development Certificate "Executive Coaching” by the Institute of Coaching and Consulting Psychology (Sydney), accredited in Intercultural Readiness Check (IRC), and Kotter 8-Step Process for Leading Change (and its Train-the-Trainer program).
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LOCAL PROFESSIONALS We work with professionals, practitioners, and academics to offer the best service to our clients.
During our Australian local projects we work with the following people:Nick Stone, Lorraine White, Tine Kohler, Erik de Jong, Charles Hawksley, Nichole Georgeou, Robin Miller, Michael Odur, Lynda Ben-Menashe, Ali Reza Yunespour, Salmon Jan and Sajjad Yunespour.
INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS To expand our global reach we partner with International organisations, networks and institutes.
During our projects for international clients we partnered with: Culture Learning Group (USA). IBI NET (based in The Netherlands) and the IRC Global Network. IDEAS4CULTURE (Europe/Asia), RW3 CultureWizard (USA) and SIETAR Global Network.

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