In the past decade, companies have seen a dramatic increase in the need for culturally agile professionals who can comfortably and effectively work in different cultures and with people from different cultures.  

The challenge?  In most companies there are too few high-quality developmental opportunities, such as international assignments.

The solution?  Companies have engaged with us to develop high quality experiences, such as international volunteerism assignments, proven to develop participants' cultural agility. 
CALL (Cultural Agility Leadership Lab) is an exclusive partnership between Northeastern University’s D’Amore-McKim School of Business and the National Peace Corps Association, providing a turnkey solution for corporate-sponsored international volunteerism (ICV) and pro bono advisor programs.   The CALL program is directed by Dr. Paula Caligiuri, President of TASCA Global and Distinguished Professor of International Business and Strategy at Northeastern University.

The CALL program is a turn-key solution for companies’ international corporate volunteerism programs

The CALL program provides developmental opportunities for a firm’s skilled associates to go “on loan” as pro bono advisors to non-governmental organizations (NGO) in developing countries.  The CALL participants provide short-term, project-based technical expertise to the NGO for projects identified by the NGO. 

Through facilitation and coaching, the CALL program builds participants’ cross-cultural competencies, cultural agility, global leadership skills, and orientations toward social responsibility 

In addition to the talent development benefits, other benefits, include knowledge of emerging markets, knowledge transfer, improved reputation for corporate social responsibility, increased employee engagement and retention.

To learn more about how international corporate volunteer programs can build cultural agility among participants, we encourage you to contact the Director of the CALL Program.

Watch the 4-minute video about CALL.

Cultural Agility Development Workshop

The Cultural Agility Workshops are flexible solutions for your busy professionals who need to kick-start their cultural agility development.

The workshops range from 1 to 3 days in duration and include:  
  • Pre-Work 
  • Role-Plays
  • Group Simulations
  • Discussions
  • Coaching
  • Personal Development Plans
Participants walk away from the workshop with customized action items to continue developing their cultural agility. 

Cultural Agility Development Audit

Do you know whether your international assignments have the necessary features to be truly developmental?  In most companies, international assignments are only marginally effective in developing cultural agility.  

Allow us to help you achieve greater developmental gain from your existing international assignments. 

Our cultural agility audit provides the analytics companies need to craft developmental cross-cultural experiences that build cultural agility.