According to Goodall Jr., Goodall and Schiefelbein, breakthrough skill is defined as “is a skill, or skill set, that allows people to act purposefully and competently with others in a global environment” (2010, pg.4). For example, a breakthrough skill can range from ability to engage with people inside or outside of an organization or verbal and written communication skills. It is important to employ breakthrough skills because they are foundation of interacting in a professional setting. They are the most appropriate or effective skills that can be utilized in the workplace. The “global workplace” is one of the most diverse settings, and as communicators we need to be engage and work with each other in a professional and culturally sensitive
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Let’s delve into more detail for each goal. First, developing a global mindset is defined as “the ability to work in or lead global organizations that exist within a variety of different social, economic, and political environments” (2010, pg.4). Having a global mindset is the ability to work and engage with people from different backgrounds. Second, practicing cultural agility is referred to as “recognizing that important communication differences exist among people from different cultures” (2010, pg.4). Being cultural agile is being aware that how we communicate with one group may not be how we communicate with another. It is important to adapt our style to fit the needs and expectation of each group we interact …show more content…
I think in our globally society we are constantly meeting people of different backgrounds, individual with different experiences and attitudes. In order to communicate effectively with these individuals, we need to be able to pick up important cultural/social cues, then act in a manner that is important for each environment we encounter. For example, when presenting you use slangs and words understood by New Yorkers but may be not by people from the South is not being culturally agile. Don’t be surprised if individuals respond with “what did you say? or “I don’t understand”. When we are culturally agile we are more attuned of our environment, we make the effort to understand the culture we are present in and it can lead to developing great relationships with other
Let’s delve into more detail for each goal. First, developing a global mindset is defined as “the ability to work in or lead global organizations that exist within a variety of different social, economic, and political environments” (2010, pg.4). Having a global mindset is the ability to work and engage with people from different backgrounds. Second, practicing cultural agility is referred to as “recognizing that important communication differences exist among people from different cultures” (2010, pg.4). Being cultural agile is being aware that how we communicate with one group may not be how we communicate with another. It is important to adapt our style to fit the needs and expectation of each group we interact …show more content…
I think in our globally society we are constantly meeting people of different backgrounds, individual with different experiences and attitudes. In order to communicate effectively with these individuals, we need to be able to pick up important cultural/social cues, then act in a manner that is important for each environment we encounter. For example, when presenting you use slangs and words understood by New Yorkers but may be not by people from the South is not being culturally agile. Don’t be surprised if individuals respond with “what did you say? or “I don’t understand”. When we are culturally agile we are more attuned of our environment, we make the effort to understand the culture we are present in and it can lead to developing great relationships with other