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Most frequently encountered situations

At plan-your-career.com we have experienced a huge number of cross-cultural situations and what we have learned is transferable and applies in a great number of instances in the UK or abroad.
The anticipation of any resident or underlying cause for conflict in any situation is a sine qua non for a successful planning exercise.

The widely varying nature and intensity of the situations we habitually look at is, in itself, the key feature in our methods and approach. Learning happens by transposing ideas, actions and behaviours of key players from one cultural situation to another.

Bringing your own experiences to the sessions

Besides our stock of cases that engender behavioural shifts in one or more of the observed participants, we strongly encourage clients to bring their own experiences to the sessions.

Below, some typical examples of situations the analysis of which seriously leverages constructive debate and clarity of thinking amongst individuals and, in particular, among younger persons. Any cross-cultural element in any situation renders it doubly effective in drawing lessons from, as well as making it a rewarding and replicable thought experiment.

Below, some examples of situations we deal with:

  • The real meaning of qualifications. When do they seize being of use?

  • How far can personal ambitions take you. What to focus on now

  • The source, usefulness and limits of connections and of networks

  • Globalisation renders things equal needs qualification

  • Dead-end careers. What are the signs and what is it one can do?

  • Family Capital & Social Capital. Interaction and priorities

  • Subjects taken at Uni and Subjects Evaded. Making up for bypassed knowledge

  • Reasoning on the avoidance of study subjects

  • If not born with your nationality what other nationality would you have chosen?

  • Corporate employer or self-employed?

  • Proactivity or Reactionary Response

  • Social vs economic imperatives

  • Collaborative vs Competitive stance

  • Reflection on the adage of “Go West Young Man” and on the more recent one “Go East Young Woman”

  • The networking power of alumni

  • IQ vs Adaptive Intelligence

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