031: Excelling Across Cultures with Julia Atkinson
Executive coach Julia Atkinson shares her experiences coaching teams across three different continents, and provides insight into how to thrive when cultures collide.
You’ll learn:
1. The differences between Eastern and Western styles of communication
2. A quick rundown of the four different Myers-Briggs preferences, from ENFJ to ISTP
3. What is “Guanxi”? A Chinese word that worldview implications worldwide
About Julia
Julia Atkinson is an Executive Coach with more than 8 years experience of living and working in China before taking her business to the US, Chicago. 10 years of leading teams in Multinationals in IT and Telecommunication give her first hand corporate know-how. Julia uses an interactive coaching process to help clients attain awareness of deeply rooted beliefs and values and related behaviors. From that awareness, she helps them identify and implement shifts that will effect lasting change where they want it.
Items mentioned in the show:
- The Diamond Cutter by Geshe Michael Roach and Lama Christie McNally
- Sleeping, Dreaming, and Dying: An Exploration of Consciousness by the Dalai Lama
- The Biology of Belief by Dr. Bruce H. Lipton
- Myers-Briggs Workshop
- Myers-Briggs preferences cheatsheet
- Ideapod
- Julia’s LinkedIn page
- Julia’s website
- More reflection on guanxi
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