Category: intercultural sensitivity
Riding a Vespa and the power of intercultural training
02/26/2018 / coaching, Expat, global mobility, intercultural learning, intercultural sensitivity, TCK / By Elisabeth "Elle" Weingraber-Pircher
“The real voyage of discovery consists not of seeking new lands, but of seeing with new eyes”, said Marcel Proust. The significance of these words hit me one day riding my new red Vespa along an old canal in Milan avoiding the jammed main roads and feeling very “dolce vita”. It occurred to me that getting on a scooter after years behind a steering...
Intercultural Learning – giving birth and dealing with health issues on the move
04/04/2017 / Birth, Expat, health, intercultural learning, intercultural sensitivity, TCK / By Elisabeth "Elle" Weingraber-Pircher
tckTCI loved and still do love Brazil. There is no other place in the world I know that is as friendly and welcoming as Brazil. Besides all the problems, it is still filled with “alegria” (joy) and a focus on understanding your particular situation and helping you find creative solutions to “impossible” problems. I guess Brazilians also have their fair share of practice in...
Intercultural Learning – moving with and beyond stereotypes
04/01/2017 / Expat, intercultural learning, intercultural sensitivity / By Elisabeth "Elle" Weingraber-Pircher
One thing that became clear was that the more I moved around and interacted with people from different cultures, the stronger my stereotypes became. Given that I was now in daily contact with many different people from all over the world, I needed to have some quick guidelines about what to say and how to say it, what to focus on, what small talk...
Intercultural Learning – the return back “home”
02/02/2017 / exchange student, intercultural learning, intercultural sensitivity, return culture schock / By Elisabeth "Elle" Weingraber-Pircher
Next episode in my life long intercultural learning journey...
Before I could go off exploring the world, I had to return back “home” to Austria to start my university degree in Business Administration with a focus on International Management.
Coming back “home” was quite an experience. While I had been prepared to deal with differences going to the US, I was...
Intercultural Learning – the exchange year
01/11/2017 / exchange student, Expat, intercultural learning, intercultural sensitivity / By Elisabeth "Elle" Weingraber-Pircher
Some time back I sat down to write about my learning journey around the world as an exchange student and permanent expatriate...it is a rather personal account but I thought it is time to start sharing as I am keen to hear your thoughts and your learning. As it is a rather long journey...I decided to publish it in chunks...so...