LEADERSHIP FOR A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE F06

DATES:
           October 6   6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
           October 7   8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

INSTRUCTOR:  
            Daniel J. Distelhorst, Ph.D., OD Consultant and Interculturalist.

Personal Office Phone: 509-465-5971

E-mail: ddistelhorst15@sprintpcs.com  (Preferred mode)

1 CREDIT: SOC 403

CATALOG LISTING: SOC 403 WS: Leadership for a World of Difference

CRN: 28932

LOCATION: TLC 244

DESCRIPTION:

This course will provide participants with an understanding of what is required for effective “Interculturally Competent Leadership” – both globally and in the context of domestic diversity.  Intercultural Leadership is defined as the knowledge, skills, and abilities required for leading people from many different cultures so that they can work together effectively to achieve the organization’s vision and mission.  It outlines the “intercultural competence” needed to make cultural difference a resource that enhances organizational performance rather than a problem that drains organizational energy.  It considers how to create an organizational environment where everyone feels included, appreciated, valued, and is able to contribute to their fullest potential.

Course Objectives: By the end of this course participants will have:

• Learned the core concepts of the intercultural communications field, including the Developmental Model of Intercultural Sensitivity (DMIS).
• Learned how to utilize difference as a resource for synergy, creativity, and enhanced team and organizational performance.
• Realized that everyone has a complex, multifaceted “culture of one” – a “cultural self” - and that all interactions are intercultural interactions.
• Learned both “cultural general skills” (the knowledge & skills needed to interact effectively when you don’t know the “invisible rules” of the other’s culture) and how to use “culture specific” knowledge (generalized knowledge about specific cultural tendencies) appropriately.
• Learned how to compare and contrast various cultural groups’ (e.g. gender, ethnic, national, professional, organizational, etc.) beliefs, values, and assumptions about the “right” way to behave and how to make those differences a resource for synergy, rather than a problem in interactions.
• Learned about the dynamics of “dominant/non-dominant” cultural interactions and how to create a “meta-culture” in which the dysfunctional dynamics of power and privilege are minimized. 

REQUIREMENTS:

Full attendance is required and other requirements will be discussed during the workshop.

Any questions about this workshop should be addressed to John Mihelich (jmihelic@uidaho.edu).