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Elise Marciano reflected on her secondment
to the East Kimberley:
What I took away from Jawun was the
importance of listening, of non-verbal
communication. A lot of the people I worked
with on secondment didn’t always say a lot, so it
showed me the importance of silence. And the
importance of showing an interest in the culture
of the people that you’re working with.
FIGURE 7:
RESULTS OF INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCY STUDY
Source: Cristina Gibson & Patrick Dunlop, ‘Developing leaders with intercultural competence’, presentation at the 75th annual meeting
of the Academy of Management, Vancouver, 11 August 2015.
Tracey Benson became more conscious of
being inclusive through her secondment:
I’m better at making sure I’m being inclusive in
the way I’m working with people. In my job in
the past, I just tended to talk to the people who
I needed to talk to about a specific task, but
when I worked with Yorta Yorta we had to get
everyone on board. I think that’s a much
more empowering way to work.
4.6
4.4
4.2
4
3.8
3.6
3.4
3.2
3
Mean competency score
Mean competency score
Mean competency score
Perception
management
Relationship
management
Self
management
4.6
4.4
4.2
4
3.8
3.6
3.4
3.2
3
Non-judgementalness
Inquisitiveness
Cosmopolitanism
Interpersonal
engagement
Emotional
sensitivity
Self
awareness
Optimism
Pre-secondment
Post-secondment
Self confidence
Non-stress tendency
Social
flexibility
4.6
4.4
4.2
4
3.8
3.6
3.4
3.2
3
26 JAWUN
2015 LEARNINGS AND INSIGHTS