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Highroad Turns 15 Years Old: My Story of Building Bridges
This past Tuesday my company, Highroad Global Services, turned 15 years old. I am a nostalgic sort, and I couldn’t help looking back to May 28, 2004 and remembering what it was like to commit to something I believed in wholeheartedly (and still do). My last day at my corporate job was very exciting. My ...
Too Busy to Care About Culture?
A manager walked down the hall of his U.S.-based multinational company looking puzzled. He sees a colleague from Brazil who asks him, “Is everything okay?” “Yes,” says the U.S. manager. “I just have so many meetings today that I’m not sure when I will get my work done!” Later in the evening, a global team ...
Work/Life Integration: Two Lessons for the Cross-Cultural Workforce
This blog was originally posted in 2015. I wanted to share the message again a few years later, as we could all use a little uplift! Work/Life balance. Countless books have been written about the subject, and I’ve attended countless workshops whose aim was to help me achieve that goal. I hear the phrase across ...
Repaint the Ceiling: Engage Your Workforce Through Seeing Old Patterns in New Ways
A few weeks ago I repainted the ceiling of my music room. It was a pretty awful task, to be honest. Imagine standing on a chair holding a roller and trying to paint evenly upside down. All while not dripping paint all over yourself. Why did I engage in this activity from Hades? As many ...
A New Year, A New Way of Working Together
Happy 2019, Highroaders! I hope the year has started off well for you. While I am not a big fan of New Years resolutions, I do enjoy having a marker on the calendar to reevaluate the way I work. To kick off a great year of working across cultures, time, distance, and mindsets, here are ...
A Plea to All: End of the Year Message
Greetings Highroaders, Normally as the year draws to a close, I like to send out an inspiring happy message to my readers. This year, I would like to make an impassioned plea to all. The human brain is both a glorious and frightening thing. It gives us the ability to reason and make ...
Return To India
Return to India Tomorrow I depart for India to conduct working leadership sessions with an amazing global company. I have rarely seen such dedication to building cultural bridges as I have from them, and I am excited to work together. As I pull out my Indian clothing from the closet and pack my suitcase I ...
Political Correctness vs. Inclusion: What’s the Difference?
In the current political climate I have received a lot of questions about political correctness (PC). Clients sometimes ask, “If I am always thinking about what to say and what not to say, isn’t that just political correctness? Seems like a waste of time!” I’ve also heard this concern: “Everyone these days seems to get ...
Should I Adapt or Be Myself? A Dilemma Reconciled
Should I Adapt or Be Myself? A Dilemma Reconciled Greetings Highroaders, “Should I adapt to my colleagues or remain authentic to who I am?” This is a question I’ve been asked many times in my career of helping companies work successfully across difference. This issue troubles most of us at one time or another. ...
The Culture of Rush: Thoughts on Inclusion and Exclusion
In honor of Rush’s guitarist Alex Lifeson’s birthday, I have updated a blog originally published in September of 2012. In September of 2012 I saw my favorite band, Rush in concert from the 7th row center. To top it off, Erin, my precious friend of twenty-five years and a relatively new Rush fan at the ...
Recent Posts
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Highroad Turns 15 Years Old...
May 30, 2019
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Too Busy to Care About Cult...
April 25, 2019
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Work/Life Integration: Two ...
March 28, 2019
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Repaint the Ceiling: Engage...
February 28, 2019
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A New Year, A New Way of Wo...
January 31, 2019
