Darla K. Deardorff is Executive Director of the Association of International Education Administrators and Affiliated Faculty at Duke University, Nelson Mandela University (South Africa), and at Shanghai International Studies University (China).

Kate Berardo is a facilitator, coach and consultant who specializes in global leadership development, communications, and diverse teams. Kate helps individuals and teams to increase effectiveness, reduce miscommunication, and build stronger working relationships. Her work has spanned more than eighteen countries, involved working with individuals from over fifty nations, and been the subject of media worldwide, including CNN's Business Traveler and the Gulf News. Kate is the founder of Culturosity.com, the co-author of Putting Diversity to Work (Thomson Learning, 2003), and an author of the Cultural Detective® Self-Discovery and Bridging Cultures packages. She holds a distinguished Masters in Intercultural Communication and has lived in the US, Spain, Japan, France, United Kingdom, and Denmark. She is certified in the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and Argonaut Online and is an active committee member of the Society for Intercultural Education, Training and Research.

Janet M. Bennett Jeanine Gregersen-Hermans and Margaret D. Pusch SECTION 1. Introduce Core Concepts SECTION 2. Understand Differences SECTION 3. Explore Cultural Values SECTION 4. Navigate Identity SECTION 5. Manage Cultural Transitions SECTION 6. Communicate Successfully SECTION 7. Build Global Teams SECTION 8. Resolve Differences SECTION 9. Develop Professionally

For HR directors, corporate trainers, college administrators, diversity trainers and study abroad educators, this book provides a cutting-edge framework and an innovative collection of ready-to-use tools and activities to help build cultural competence-from the basics of understanding core concepts of culture.