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Dr. Ken Gimm has advised many Korean CEOs and senior executives on several change initiatives. His unique style of combining training with coaching has helped many Korean executives to improve their bottom lines. He has written articles and columns for more than three dozen Korean newspapers and magazines, including Chosun Daily, Dong-a Daily, Choongang Daily, Mae-Kyung Economic Daily, Asia Economic Weekly, and Korean Economists. He has appeared on more than 150 Korean radio and television programs, including KBS, MBC, SBS, and EBS.

Ken Gimm

As organizations become more global, they come across more challenges in intercultural communication. Naturally, a wide range of communication problems emerge within an organization, as individuals come together from different religious, social, ethnic, and educational backgrounds. Unfortunately, a lack of intercultural communication skills deters collaboration amongst these individuals.
In this webcast, you will hear how intercultural communication skills training can be applied to people from different countries and cultures. You will learn how to act, communicate, and change your paradigm for synergistic cooperation. You will learn to identify and assess intercultural communication problems in your organization and develop the insight to apply best practices that have been proven in Asia. You will learn:

culture and language are not the main barriers
common causes of dysfunctional intercultural communication
transformational skills that enable you to leap over intercultural boundaries
best practices in developing cultural intelligence.


Intercultural Communication: Leaping over Boundaries

Dr. Ken Stein is with the Learning, Training and Development organization of the Boeing Company. He has a virtual office in Merritt Island, FL and uses the Kennedy Space Center as his Boeing support campus. He acts as an internal consultant on performance development, staff adviser on integrating learning into the organization, and develops and presents seminars on leadership attributes and teambuilding. Ken is a visiting facilitator at the Boeing Leadership Center in St. Louis for first line and senior leadership programs. During his 19 years with Boeing, Ken has been a manager and brings his experience to the learning environment to balance theory with practice. He has presented programs for workplace learning professionals at American Society for Training and Development International Conferences, been involved in live television and talk radio, and participated in numerous learning events within the Central Florida area. Ken is an Immediate Past President and serves on the Board of Directors for the Space Coast Chapter of ASTD. He has a doctorate in Adult Education with a specialty in management development from Nova Southeastern University

Ken Stein

Ken Spero is a Senior Learning Strategist. In his role, Ken continues his work in Experience Design to help clients to shift the focus from ‘what’ leaders think to ‘how’ they think, utilizing a Systems Thinking and Immersive Learning approach to improve strategic thinking, decision making and performance. To help bring these ideas more broadly to the marketplace, he recently helped to design and launch the Immersive Learning University for NexLearn which continued the work he had begun with the co-founding of Humentum, LLC. During that time he worked with GSE to develop the PELS (Penn Educational Leadership Simulation Program) an innovative, research-based collaboration between Penn GSE and the three major professional associations for K-12 school leaders. He developed his ideas into a module called Experience Design and Simulation Technology that he teaches as part of the Work Based Learning Leadership doctoral program for Chief Learning Officers offered by the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania in association with Wharton and the MedEd Master’s program between GSE and Penn’s Medical School. He also teaches the Essentials of Experiential Learning and Simulation webinar for ASTD. Ken is a frequent speaker at training conferences and has published several articles on Experience Design and Simulations. He earned his M.B.A. from Columbia University and his undergraduate degree in Management Science from Case Western Reserve University.

Ken Spero

May 2013 - TD Magazine

Engage the Unengaged

A sought-after motivational speaker, Jim Smith Jr. is the author of the bestselling book From Average to Awesome: Lessons for Living an Extraordinary Life (ASTD Press, 2008) and co-author (along with Ken Blanchard, Mike Van Hoozer, Jack Canfield, John Christensen, and others) of the leadership book, The Masters of Success (Insight Publishing, 2006).He is known for connecting with, encouraging, and challenging his audiences to be outstanding. He is president and chief executive officer of JIMPACT Enterprises and works with his clients in the area of professional trainer development, leadership, motivation, inclusion, and professional development. Prior to forming JIMPACT, he worked in leadership positions for the Bob Pike Group, Simmons Associates, CoreStates Bank, the Vanguard Group of Investments, and Prudential's American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) Operations.

Jim Smith, Jr.

A sought-after motivational speaker, Jim Smith Jr. is the author of the bestselling book From Average to Awesome: Lessons for Living an Extraordinary Life (ASTD Press, 2008) and co-author (along with Ken Blanchard, Mike Van Hoozer, Jack Canfield, John Christensen, and others) of the leadership book, The Masters of Success (Insight Publishing, 2006). He is known for connecting with, encouraging, and challenging his audiences to be outstanding. He is president and chief executive officer of JIMPACT Enterprises and works with his clients in the area of professional trainer development, leadership, motivation, inclusion, and professional development. Prior to forming JIMPACT, he worked in leadership positions for the Bob Pike Group, Simmons Associates, CoreStates Bank, the Vanguard Group of Investments, and Prudential's American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) Operations.

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