3 Mistakes to Avoid When Coaching Across Cultures

Does culture effect coaching? You bet it does! There are three common mistakes coaches from “the West” make when coaching across cultures. I’ll tell you what to do instead.

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I’ve noticed that most coaching training originated from cultures that could be described as individualistic and egalitarian – countries like Australia, Britain, and the United States.

However, much of the world is group oriented and hierarchical in their cultural ways of behaving. The peoples of Arab-spea...