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Kathleen A. Curran
Principal, Intercultural Strategist
Kathleen A. Curran is the principal and managing director of Intercultural Systems, a global intercultural consulting, training and coaching
firm founded in Singapore in 1996, with offices in Singapore and Houston, Texas, and a global operational network servicing
“glocal” needs. Working in Asia since 1986, she has provided intercultural competency development
consulting, training and coaching for multinational corporations, and local organizations in Singapore and the Asian region.
Her clients have included ExxonMobil, Credit Suisse, HP, Fedex, Discovery Channel, Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, APV, Johnson
Space Ctr/NASA, TAFEP-Singapore, and Singapore Public Relations Academy. Kathleen’s areas of specialization include
global leadership development, global virtual team performance, innovation across
borders and multicultural teambuilding. She has extensive experience in developing and facilitating
interventions that build strategies for achieving innovation and business objectives across
cultures and distance, supporting a return on investment and building the truly global organization in mindset,
system and practice. Kathleen holds an M.A. in Intercultural Communication from the University of Texas at Austin and
is a graduate of Corporate Coach University. She has held faculty
positions with the Texas International Education Consortium, Institut Teknologi Mara (Malaysia), University of Maryland-European
and Asian Divisions, Ngee Ann Polytechnic (Singapore), and the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Singapore campus,
in the business and communication departments. Kathleen is co-author of Cultural Detective:
Singapore and Cultural Detective: Malaysia, intercultural competence training tools (www.culturaldetective.com). She is a qualified administrator and interpreter of the Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI), Cultural Orientations
Indicator (COI) and Strengths Deployment Inventory (SDI). Kathleen is a contributing author to Success
Strategies: High Achievers’ Guide to Success, Insight Publishing, 2008. Prior to her experience
in Asia, Kathleen served as advisor/liaison to the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and King Saud University, while
with the Saudi Arabian Educational Mission to the United States. She maintains active membership and participation
in SIETAR (International Society for Education, Training and Research), HODN (Houston Organization Development Network), ICI
(Institute for Intercultural Communication), ICF (International Coach Federation)
You can contact Kathleen directly at kathleen@intercultural-systems.com
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