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Strategic Consulting
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360º  Assessment  of
Global  Business  Leaders

Survey on Intercultural Adaptability  (SIA)
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Created by GROVEWELL LLC and R.S. Mansfield Associates, the "Survey on Intercultural Adaptability," or SIA, is a moderately priced, on-line, 360º assessment instrument that enables global business leaders and professionals to who are not contemplating relocation...
  • Clarify their own expectations and decision-making about global business relationships;

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  • Obtain 360º feedback about the extent to which they demonstrate:

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    »  skills & personal qualities that promote adaptation to and effectiveness with diverse others
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    »  behaviors that can inhibit adaptation and effectiveness when working with diverse others;
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  • Learn ways to enhance effective skills and qualities, and to reduce ineffective behaviors;

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  • Identify what else they need to learn about a global assignment in order to clarify their concerns.
SIA facilitates self-exploration, thoughtful decision-making, and preparation involving the business leader together with someone in a consultative role, such as a coach, counselor, trainer, or advisor.  In this way, SIA informs and enhances the ability of the leader to… 
  • Decide wisely whether to accept an assignment requiring cross-cultural interactions, and...

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  • Prepare effectively by developing appropriate personal skills, qualities, behaviors, and expectations, either by working alone or with the help of a coach or counselor.
For participating client companies, the value of SIA is in enhancing the likelihood that global assignments for business leaders will lead to steadily increasing ROI.
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Advantages Over Competing Instruments
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SIA differs in seven ways from other adaptability assessments:
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1. Accessible on-line.  Users complete SIA on-line; the Feedback Report is returned on-line.
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2. A modified 360° feedback survey.  Friends, relatives, and work colleagues may participate.  Work colleagues may be any business associate.  No 360° participant is identified in the Feedback Report.
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3. Feedback provided only to the individual.  The Feedback Report is distributed solely to the individual, who may distribute it to others.  This makes accurate, specific 360º feedback more likely.
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4. American value bias minimized.  We have removed the U.S.-value bias found in other surveys.  Example:  We do not assume that global success depends on one’s being proactive and deadline-conscious.
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5. Supporting materials.  Each user’s Feedback Report offers individual guidance on his or her personal adaptability.  HR and EAP professionals in contracting firms receive a supporting manual.
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6. Certification not required.  HR and EAP professionals may use SIA without expensive training.
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7. SIA is moderately priced.  For details, click here.
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For additional background information, click here.
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Survey on Intercultural Adaptability
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SIA is appropriate when the global business leader needing an adaptability assessment is not contemplating relocation. 
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If living and working in a new location is contemplated, please click here.
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SIA is a modified 360° survey that is completed by the individual, 5-6 friends/family members, and 5-6 work colleagues.  Assessed are seven skills/qualities that facilitate successful adaptation.  For more information about the seven skills/qualities, contact GROVEWELL LLC.
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The 360º process also assesses 20 behaviors that undermine relationships with diverse counterparts.
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For information about obtaining SIA and professional fees, click here.
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For additional background information on SIA, click here.
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Additional Information
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A two-page PDF description is at Grovewell.com/Consult/360-Assessing.pdf.
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Obtaining Complete SIA Services

SIA is available only from GROVEWELL LLC.  To obtain specific information, or to inquire about arranging for the use of this instrument, contact Dr. Cornelius Grove at info@grovewell.com or +718-492-1896.
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The following fees apply worldwide.  Fees are not higher in the euro zone.
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For each employee and up to 
12 of his/her 360º participants: 		 Total fee: USD $595
Manual for HR and EAP professionals
(one-time purchase), plus a phone consultation 		 Total fee: USD $395
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If you wish to use SIA privately (i.e., not with company arrangement or sponsorship), contact Dr. Cornelius Grove by phone at +718-492-1896.
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Additional Background Information
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SIA is grounded in decades of intercultural and psychological research on “suitability for an assignment abroad.”  These research findings are extensive, revealing, and consistent.
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The most important and realistic contribution to be made by any assessment is to identify individuals who, due to recurring behavioral characteristics, put themselves at risk of failure in interpersonal interactions with culturally different others.  When an at-risk person is identified, he or she should be strongly encouraged to either (1) reconsider accepting the global assignment, or (2) take specific steps to reduce and replace his/her interfering behaviors.  SIA promotes and facilitates these outcomes beginning with the Feedback Report and continuing when the individual shares his or her results with an HR or EAP professional associated with his firm.
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The developers of SIA are…
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Richard Mansfield, Ed.D. (Harvard 1971), an authority on assessment for competency development; his professional biography may be read by clicking here (use "BACK" to return).
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Cornelius N. Grove, Ed.D. (Columbia 1977), an authority on intercultural adjustment and learning; his professional biography may be ready by clicking here (use "BACK" to return).
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