Articles by Debbie Nicol

December 13, 2012

Building International Leadership Credibility

What content, actions or practices will influence your leadership credibility; the ability to face and work through struggles on overseas assignments?

By Debbie Nicol, Managing Director, 'business en motion' According to Kouzes and Posner, credibility is the currency of leadership.  Credibility is ‘smelt and felt’ by all around you, and is mirrored in self-confidence and following.   With the world changing, the context of leadership is most certainly changing, yet Kouzes and Posner’s research shows that content remains the same.  What content, actions or practices will influence your leadership credibility; the...Continue reading

By Debbie NicolPosted in International Management on December 13, 2012

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November 14, 2012

When Can Adaptability Slip Into Compromise? Pitfalls of International Management

Learn how to balance your approach to cultural norms without losing sight of your objectives.

By Debbie Nicol, Managing Director, 'business en motion' On some recent business trips, I managed to find a moment to visit the natural wonders of local beaches.  In Ghana, the width and breadth of the beach and ocean was a patchwork of blue and black plastic bags whilst on mainland Thailand, the first 200m offshore proudly displayed brown-green ocean water, silently persuading those blue ocean lovers to remain on terra firma. These observations reinforced a previous insight, or was it an...Continue reading

By Debbie NicolPosted in International Management on November 14, 2012

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October 7, 2012

Adventures of an Expat: Defining Basic Needs

International Management requires understanding individual logic that may not be your own.

By Debbie Nicol, Managing Director, 'business en motion"  I often reflect on one of my earliest overseas postings, when I moved from my native Australia to Malaysia, a move I now see as simply ‘next door’, yet at the time literally turned my life upside down.  I was invited to join an international hotel chain and hence live in the hotel whilst also working in it.   As it really was my first expatriate position, I look back now in awe at the level of curiosity and...Continue reading

By Debbie NicolPosted in International Management on October 7, 2012

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September 15, 2012

Lost In Translation: Survival Tips for International Managers

When the art of leading in other cultures may be foreign to the leader himself.

By Debbie Nicol, Managing Director, 'business en motion" ‘Lost in Translation’ normally applies to a context of vocabulary and conversation.  It strikingly, and sometimes hilariously, results in misunderstandings, undesired outcomes and unintended reactions of shock and horror.  Could ‘Lost in Translation’ also apply to international management, the art of leading others in cultures that may be foreign to the leader himself?   Three common areas can have a huge...Continue reading

By Debbie NicolPosted in International Management on September 15, 2012

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