A Discussion of Things That Make Modern Work Culture Tick
I want to brief you all about the Global Competency Model and how it determines the growth of skills in international professionals. As I also describe in The Global Mobility Workbook (2019):
“Global Competency is the ability to work effectively in a global, complex environment with a high level of stress, while achieving goals sustainably and in accordance with your own resources”.
It combines knowledge, attitude, skills, reflected experiences, and body learning.
What are these skills? A diverse set of abilities can help your global competency, from developing your language skills (learning a foreign language is excellent!) to effectively using digital media (Social Media platforms & video conferencing).
Skills like analytical thinking, problem-solving, and communication also help cement your Global Competency. That last one also feeds into digital media skills since most modern communication happens over Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn (and their corporate equivalents). Media competency is critical for any globally active professional in these technology-driven times. As I mentioned, you can also practice logical thinking through tests and games. You can also regularly challenge yourself by learning something that scares you, such as Python coding.
It’s a journey of constant self-improvement that will keep your Global Competency up to scratch!
You might think you know everything already to get by. I believe that we all need to engage in continuous, lifelong learning if we don’t want to be replaced by “Virginia Robot” soon.
Global Competency also requires rethinking yourself in a global arena. Here are three priorities:
1) Analyze and improve how you build professional relationships, and learn to be an active listener to gain better access to people of other cultures.
2) Reflect on your unconscious bias. Where could it play a role? Have you potentially disadvantaged a woman or a person with a minority background through your implicit assumptions about gender roles or cultural supremacy?
3) Check and write down stereotypes and work on your attitude towards people of other cultures.
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