Dear Colleague,

In today's workplace, we all work with a multitude of people all over the globe across different geographies and demographics ranging from peers, colleagues, staff members, managers, customers, clients, vendors, and other types of contacts. The marketplace continues to evolve in ways that require us to embrace new perspectives, concepts, practices, motivations, cultures, and beliefs. There is an increased level of cultural diversity and perspectives. Our ability to educate ourselves to understand and appreciate these differences will determine our success as professionals and leaders.

Multiculturalism can be defined as creating interdependence and interrelatedness, building a peaceful place for all cultural beliefs and values to coexist. It is a necessary managerial and leadership tool for conducting international business in our global marketplace. Building experience and comfort working with a diverse mix of individuals and situations will enable us to be more knowledgeable as well as sensitive to these multicultural needs and concerns. In addition, and most importantly, it allows us to grow personally and professionally, be innovative, creative and have a lot of fun as we learn and explore. Do you work on building and enhancing your level of multicultural awareness and skill?

I hope your September kicks off with much inspiration and optimism! I look forward to hearing your updates and multicultural learnings and experiences.

Best Regards,

Rita Balian Allen

Multicultural Awareness There is a wide variety of demographics in the workplace today, creating complexity and challenges as well as tremendous opportunity and value. We can all play an important role in ensuring employees see why it is necessary to develop multicultural awareness and skill sets that will enable effectiveness and success within their roles. Look for opportunities to enhance multicultural awareness within your organization. Six Ways to Help Employees Heighten Multicultural Awareness

WEST WEST (Women in the Enterprise of Science and Technology) held a program in July at Perkin Elmer where I had the pleasure of presenting on the topic of 'EQ as a Leadership Predictor'. It was an amazing group of women and men discussing this topic with much interest. One attendee commented, "I had actually never heard of this term prior to the WEST event. I've unknowingly heavily incorporated the model into my professional and personal life and believe it to be invaluable."

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About Rita

Rita Balian Allen is the president of Rita B. Allen Associates, a national career management firm specializing in executive coaching, leadership development, management training and career development. She is a lecturer at Boston-area universities, a sought-after speaker and presenter, the author of numerous articles, blogs, columns and the book, "Personal Branding and Marketing Yourself: The Three Ps Marketing Technique as a Guide to Career Empowerment". She has been a regular contributor for the Chief Learning Officer, Huffington Post and Leadership & Management Books as well as a variety of other publications. Rita brings much human resources experience to her practice, has worked with leaders across all industries and professions and was voted one of the top ten executive coaches by the Boston Women's Business Journal. She currently serves as a board member of The Boston Club as President.

Services

Rita B. Allen Associates offers customized career management consulting and coaching services to individuals and organizations with specialties in a variety of talent management content areas including:

Upcoming Presentations

The Maine Women's Conference
Accelerate Your Career Through Personal Branding and Marketing Yourself
Portland, Maine
September 18, 2019

Armenian International Women's Association (AIWA)
Wine, Women and Work
Career Management Panelist
September 19, 2019

Boston University International Affairs Association
Professional Etiquette Workshop
Personal Branding Session
October 20th, 2019