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Workshop - June 2009

June 11, Thursday, 17:00-21:00

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WORKSHOP:
Intercultural Conflict and Transnational Leadership Development

LEADER:
Dr. Beth Fisher-Yoshida

PLACE:
Reitaku University Seminar Center, Shinjuku i-Land Tower 4F

LANGUAGE:
English

FEE:
Members/Member Graduate Students 1000Yen
Member Students Free
Non-members/Non-member Graduate Students 2000Yen
Non-member Students 1000Yen

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WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION:
The focus of this presentation will be on the role of the leader in addressing and managing conflict in a multicultural setting. Many of these conflicts will have their roots in intercultural differences and misunderstandings and some of them can either be avoided or at least managed more constructively. Leaders have additional responsibilities in dealing with conflict because they set an example for how others are expected to behave and react because their actions are taken as an implicit model for others. Dr. Fisher-Yoshida will refer to information on managing cultural paradoxes as outlined in her recent book, Transnational Leadership Development: Preparing the Next Generation for the Borderless Business World. One premise addressed in the book is that we need to be more conscious of the intercultural demands and competency expectations placed on leaders in today's world as they lead multicultural teams in a variety of contexts. This needs to be reflected in how we prepare and support them for these roles and responsibilities.

There will be a combination of presentation, application and discussion.

WORKSHOP LEADERS:
Dr. Beth Fisher-Yoshida is Director of the Master of Science in Negotiation and Conflict Resolution at Columbia University and a Lecturer in the Social and Organizational Psychology Program. She is the founder of FYI Fisher Yoshida International, LLC, a firm that partners with clients globally to develop customized interventions aimed at improving organizational performance through organization development, leadership development, intercultural communication and conflict resolution. She received her Ph.D. in Human and Organizational Systems and MA in Organization Development from Fielding Graduate University in Santa Barbara, California. She graduated with honors when she received her MA from Teachers College, Columbia University. She received both a BA and a BS from Buffalo State College. Dr. Fisher-Yoshida is a Certified Clinical Sociologist (CCS). She speaks conversational Japanese and lived and worked in Japan for 13 years. Dr. Fisher-Yoshida is the author of numerous articles, chapters and books.

How to get there?:
i-Land Tower can be accessed directly from Nishi-Shinjuku Station on the Marunouchi Line by following the underground path. From JR Shinjuku Station it is approximately a 10-minute walk. Once you get to the building, select an elevator that stops on the 4th floor. After you get off on the 4th floor, walk to the right until you get to the last door on your left.