Through internationalisation programmes, millions of students spend part of their studies at universities abroad every year. Lecturer mobility programmes are bringing international lecturers straight to local classrooms. With migration, labour mobility and student mobility, classrooms and lecture halls have grown more culturally diverse than ever before.

Intercultural Sensitivity gives students a head start in working with lecturers and fellow students, and to excel in their future internati...

Why do we talk about Inclusion and DEI for decades, while individual managers still struggle where to start? Why do we decorate the canteen with purple flags once a year and set up women networks and ally programs, while the perspectives of minorities are not heard in the management layers of organisations? Why is it that we await corporate initiatives, rather than make our daily conversations more inclusive? Partially, because our brains are inherently biased and programmed to exclude others.

An inclusive leader invites unwelcome perspectives, while having conversations with all the diverse talent around her. She sees the limitations of her own intellect and uses her curiosity to learn. She does not back off from discomfort and conflict: she enriches her worldview with new perspectives. She admits that she is biased, just like everybody else. And she stays away from the extremes articulated in polarised debates, as she knows we can only learn from nuanced views. This practical book helps you to become more like her, such that inclusion becomes part of your daily work...

Het leven als expat is een zeer forse stap uit je comfort zone. Dat ondervond Helga Evelyn Samuel toen haar geboorteland India verliet en eerst naar Oman en later naar Nederland vertrok.

In Headwinds beschrijft ze openhartig en met humor haar ambities én de vele tegenwind die zij met haar gezin moest trotseren. Tussen de regels door trekt ze lessen uit haar ervaringen voor iedereen die werkt of leeft met expats en hun familie: managers, HR-professionals, partners, scholen, en zelfs buren.

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Cross cultural communication is a hands-on book which is fun to read, practical, and challenging.

Our desire to connect with other human beings is universal, yet breaking through cross-cultural communication barriers can be challenging. By reading this book students will learn to recognize that the cause of international miscommunication often finds its roots, not in disrespect, but in different cultural conditioning.

An African Dutch Management Affair describes thoughtfully and humorously the Sudanese way of doing business. This book reviews management incidents & accidents, and provides valuable insight on leadership training & consultancy. It reflects on intercultural communication & (mis)perceptions, and also on the electoral circus & secession threat in Sudan. It will inspire local businesspeople, managers, governmental officials and NGO-officers to reflect critically on capacity building, bureaucrati...