Claudia Narumi Graefe

Consultant, Trainer, Coach
Location:
Germany
E-Mail:
cg@remove-this.graefe-consulting.de


“When people with diverse personalities and cultural backgrounds work together well, they can achieve fascinating and inspiring results. Supporting different people as well as organizations on their way towards this goal and seeing their development is what I regard as a huge privilege of my work!”

 

Consulting and training focuses

  • Intercultural Training and Consulting for international cooperation and communication (special expertise in Japanese vs. Western culture)
  • Team-Development of multinational/global teams
  • Leadership development programs for international/global leaders
  • Coaching for international leaders
  • Preparing for and coaching during long term international assignments

 

Languages

German, English, Japanese
 

Education and training

  • School education at German, Japanese and New Zealand Schools
  • M.A. in Political Science (focus on international relations), Economics, University of Munich (LMU)
  • Further studies in Intercultural Communication and Japanese Studies
  • Training in the field of Intercultural Training and Consulting by
    - SQT Siemens Qualification und Training
    - SIETAR Society for Intercultural Training, Education and Research Germany, Europe, Japan
    - SIIC Summer Institute for Intercultural Communication in Portland, Oregon, USA
    - ICPT Intercultural Competence for Practitioners and Trainers, Winterthur, Switzerland, et alia
  • Training as consultant and trainer at Coverdale Germany
  • Certified Training as Coach at Dietz Training und Partner (acknowledged by DBVC and IOBC)

 

Professional Experience

  • Since 2013: Trainer and consultant at Coverdale Germany (Network member)
  • Since 1999: Independent intercultural trainer and consultant
    - for people from more than 30 countries and 5 continents
    - in Germany, Japan, USA and several European countries
    - for large multinational corporations as well as small and medium sized companies
    - in many different industries (including machinery, automobile, chemistry, electronics, medical equipment, pharmaceutical, service)
  • Part time work for Siemens and Infineon (marketing)
  • Several sojourns in Japan, New Zealand and Belgium for study and work