The Mission of Detective Mike Moving Abroad 
The new book The Mission of Detective Mike Moving Abroad
(By Simone T. Costa Eriksson & Ana Serra, illustrated by Meri)
will soon be published and will be available on Amazon.com and other bookshop
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TV program on expatriate children.
The workshop about
´The Impact of Expatriation on Children´
by Simone T. Costa Eriksson
has been selected by the 10th Families in Global Transtiion (FIGT) conference
March 4-6 2010, Houston, Texas, USA
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Our Vision
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In the globalized world, both companies and executives must be prepared for the intercultural challenges. On the one hand, companies must identify and develop the true intercultural competence; on the other hand, executives must know how to lead and
succeed in a multicultural environment.
This new intercultural competence has become essential,and it can certainly be
developed before, during and after an international experience through workshops
using modern psychological models and cross-cultural theories.
What is coaching?
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The true coaching is a scientific-based method of human development. Its objective is mainly to assess and develop competences required to achieve personal and professional goals.
It consists of clearly-structured meetings in which the focus is to define goals, to evaluate current mental models and to direct action in the present and future to help individuals to succeed.
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| BRAZILIAN CULTURE |
No Salão de Embarque da Globalização
... No mundo globalizado existem, aparentemente, dois grupos de pessoas, os que têm ‘experiência internacional’ e os que não têm. No entanto, não é bem assim...
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The Brazilian way of saying 'No'
...As a Brazilian working for the international community, I am very often asked 'why can Brazilians not be trusted?'. In general, when attempting to interpret any cultural behavior, the first and most advisable approach would be to avoid generalization, but what if it happens too often, especially, through the eyes of foreigners?
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Cultural Insights on Brazil
...Do you control time or does time control you? The Brazilians’ lack of punctuality and their ‘ability’ to ignore time can drive foreigners crazy.
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Interview
The Impact of Expatriation on Children & Young Adults
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The Brazilian Way of Working
by Simone Costa Eriksson & Rosângela Portella
At the first sight, the Brazilian culture can easily be seen as one. However, the complexity of the cultural aspects involved makes it difficult for most expatriates to pinpoint the direct cultural origin of typical social behaviors. Let’s take, for instance, the tendency to mix up professional and social relationships at the workplace, and try to explain this common behavior which can often challenge foreigner professionals’ doing business in Brazil. As a Swedish executive once told me ´Brazilians at work usually value more how friends they are with someone than how professional that person is´; in other words, relationships are extremely important compared to other cultures. Our attempt to explain such behavior must explore the unique aspect of the Brazilian culture.
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