{"id":28791,"date":"2022-09-10T13:22:41","date_gmt":"2022-09-10T20:22:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/?p=28791"},"modified":"2022-09-10T13:22:41","modified_gmt":"2022-09-10T20:22:41","slug":"looking-forward-to-cape-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/looking-forward-to-cape-town\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking forward to Cape Town!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Looking at the presentation and different orientations as shared by Dr. Tremper, I can only imagine what a better world ours would be should every one of us dared to live in harmony with others! It brought to mind Change Your World, a program of Maxwell Leadership that I love to facilitate. In one of our promotional resources, it states that \u201cTo change our world, we need more than good intentions, we need a process, we need a platform and a movement.\u201d[1]<\/a><\/p>\n

The upcoming trip to South Africa is key to my journey as a student of leadership. I have admired those leadership principles that have brought South Africans to the freedoms they enjoy not only free from Apartheid but the process of building their governing structures post-apartheid. \u00a0\u201cCultural competence is essential for every leader.\u201d[2]<\/a> I thought we would live in a better world today with the capacity to shift perspectives and adapt behavior to cultural differences and commonalities as shared by Dr. Tremper and indeed this is essential for all of us, especially those in leadership. John C. Maxwell says \u201cA leader is one who knows the way, goes the way and shows the way\u201d while we look at cultural competence from a global leadership perspective, there is a great opportunity for us to connect with leaders not only from our own culture but a lot of leaders from other cultures.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, we will begin with denial and this denial is characteristic of people who have limited experience with people from other groups.\u201d[3]<\/a> I would imagine with the recent world affairs, the popularity of the internet, and social media we would only have a very limited number of people not connected or familiar with other cultures. This could have been the case 3 decades ago but nowadays things have taken a different shape. The other problem is likely to be that some may not be interested in other cultures and simply choose to remain dismissive which is more unfortunate.<\/p>\n

It was interesting hearing Dr. Tremper speak about butchering names! I am one of those who will not bother when anyone can\u2019t pronounce my name. Having lived as a refugee for so many years in countries other than mine, I realize it would take me forever to attempt to teach others the right pronunciation of my names \u201cYour task is to develop a deeper understanding of your own culture, cultural self-awareness, and increased understanding of culture in general\u201d[4]<\/a>\u00a0 The fact that we start by understanding our culture and cultural self-awareness is very essential, especially having plans to help others in one way or another. The Change Your World facilitation the value that I always start with is Hope. There is a quote that I love which I start with Augustin stating \u201cHope has two beautiful daughters; their names are Anger and Courage. Anger at the way things are, and courage to see that they do not remain as they are.\u201d[5]<\/a><\/p>\n

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[1]<\/a> John Maxwell and Rob Hoskins, Change Your World<\/em>.<\/p>\n

[2]<\/a> Karen Tremper, \u2018IDI Group Profile Report\u2019.<\/p>\n

[3]<\/a> Tremper.<\/p>\n

[4]<\/a> Tremper.<\/p>\n

[5]<\/a> Maxwell and Hoskins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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