When you work with Ann Marie Lei Consulting you can expect:

Desirable, sustainable changes in your team’s performance, creativity, and productivity.

When team members learn to communicate more effectively, tension and conflict are greatly reduced and results achieved with less interpersonal struggle and effort. You will gain new insights into the individual strengths, styles, and perspectives of your diverse team members and learn to take advantage of specific insights to produce more innovative solutions to your business challenges.

Mobile employees who integrate quickly and effectively to new country or organizational cultures

Transferees and new hires learn to optimize their strengths and adapt their communication and management styles to quickly produce the results you expect from them in their new work environments. Whether they are relocating internationally or simply moving to a different division, they gain the cultural knowledge and practical tools they need to hit the ground running.

Guiding Principles of Ann Marie Lei Consulting

It’s All About Results

Most training programs and group interventions are conceived sincerely and conducted with nothing but good intentions. However, intentions only have real value if they can be transformed into measurable and sustainable results which unfortunately are seldom the case. Every program I design has, at its core, a sharp and consistent focus on producing your desired results.

Transformation Is Possible

“The only constant is change.” We all need to continue to learn and develop new skills and ways of professionally interacting to be successful in today’s workplace.

Communication is Not a “Soft” Skill

Every day misunderstandings and miscommunication due to language barriers and communication style differences contribute to missed deadlines, lost productivity, frustration, and disappointment – all of which have a direct impact on your ability to serve customers, deliver products on time, and retain your best employees. Poor communication affects your bottom line and deserves an investment in time and resources comparable to the technical and functional skills that are typically perceived as more “serious.”

Deep Down, We Are Not All The Same

People may speak the same language and share the same organizational goals; however they can bring very different cultural backgrounds, personality styles, management philosophies, values, and worldviews to the workplace. This type of diversity can contribute greatly to innovation and creativity, but it can also make it much more difficult for people to understand how to work effectively with each other, especially when they first come together.

My Approach is Flexible, Results-Oriented, Long-Term, and Collaborative

I am, above all, flexible. Because different clients need different things and one size does not fit all, I offer a variety of program areas that address a range of issues. I approach each project with the same intention: to custom-design a program that meets your stated objectives and produces observable, measurable, and sustainable results.

This flexibility also extends to my use of theoretical models, training tools, and activities. Drawing from a wide range of resources, I collaborate with you to select the ones most relevant and applicable to your real-world business issues.

I focus on results by listening closely and working with you to produce real and sustainable changes in behavior, improved working relationships, more efficient processes, and increased productivity. Participants always leave my programs with solid work goals and an understanding of how to apply the lessons they’ve learned and/or continue to explore the issues we’ve raised.

The long-term approach is critical. If you are looking for a “quick-fix,” I am probably not the right resource for you. I believe real transformation and improvement takes time, energy, and commitment from everyone involved.

Collaboration is required. To get the best results, you must be willing to take the time to work with me and devote the energy necessary to create the best solutions for you and your organization.

Ann Marie Lei Consulting is Different

You have a lot of choices when looking for a consultant or training resource. What makes me different from many of your other options is the unique combination of work, life, and educational experiences I bring to my practice. More than 15 years working in international marketing with a Fortune 100 global company, leading, managing, and interacting with people from various cultural backgrounds; traveling extensively; living and working internationally; earning a masters degree in intercultural relations; and continuously pursuing new knowledge and tools that benefit my clients directly gives me the experience and background to help your team.

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