Company Background

Based just outside Chicago, Global Associates (“GA”) is a virtual/global firm that functions as a holding company of international cross-cultural management consultancies.

Global Associates is different from competitors who work with introductory or intermediate levels of cultural awareness because GA works exclusively at the professional management level — applying national cultural differences specifically to management functions such as:

  • international team-building/project management
  • virtual/global electronic communication
  • multicultural leadership
  • global conflict management
  • cross-cultural negotiating, etc.

Four other areas where Global Associates stand out from competitors are as follows:

  1. Thorough Internationalists. Our associates are based around the globe, have multicultural backgrounds, consult in several languages, and have significant international corporate experience. As an example, James Stück, Executive Director, has worked for fourteen years in South America, Europe, Asia, and on Wall Street, New York, as well as twenty years as a tenured management and international business professor.
  2. Blue Chip International Clientele. Global Associates works with major multinationals around the globe. Regular clients in the USA alone include: Accenture, Bosch, FMC, McDonald's Corporation, Rockwell, HAVI Global Solutions/Perseco, and UBS.
  3. Interactive, Engaging, and Customized Training Style. In training, the presentation style is relaxed, informal, and fast paced — using a variety of media. Primary emphasis is on interactive team learning (short exercises, cases, etc.) and on adapting cross-cultural management tools to the specific backgrounds, experiences, and needs of participants in each particular session.
  4. Strong Academic Backgrounds. All associates have graduate degrees and comfortably use leading social science models as analytical tools in working cross-culturally with client management.