Coco Hofs - The international & Cross-Cultural business podcast

Coco Hofs - The international & Cross-Cultural business podcast

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Coco Hofs - The international & Cross-Cultural business podcast episodes

  • Being confident in English and how it impacts your international business success with Tess de Weerd - 06

    In this Episode I talk with Tess de Weerd.


    Tess left the traditional education system, in order to make a bigger impact in peoples lives.
    She helps professionals & entrepreneurs with international ambitions to become more confident when communicating in English.

    We talk about how English is a tool to achieve something bigger, how all humans regardless of cultural background are human relation oriented and how we build trust differently in different parts of the world.

    Curious to know more? Or let me know what you think of this episode?  Find out more about me here, follow me on  LinkedIn or feel free to reach out to me through LinkedIn or instagram.

    Curious to hear and see more about Tess and her work?


    Visit her website or connect with her through instagram or LinkedIn.
    Are you Dutch and interested in discovering how to speak English more easeful?
    Click here for Tess's free of charge 3-step training! 





    43 min
  • Can we learn Spanish the non traditional way? with Debby van Boxtel - 05
    In this episode I talk with Debby van Boxtel. Debby is an expert in all Spanish and a Neuro Langauge coach.
    It is her mission to teach Dutch expats to speak more than 'un pocito de Español'.
    In her early years, she started to explore her passion for the Spanish language and lived in Barcelona for a year.
    Nicaragua and intens traveling through Central America followed.
    In 2006 she started her online business teaching others Spanish, but if she was bored by the traditional way of teaching, how did her students feel?.
    Debby shares about how our brain is wired and how she uses that to teach others Spanish.
    How she found herself on a birthday in Nicaragua and Debby shares with us many tips when you want to learn a new language.
    Oh and she confronts me at the end of the episode on how moving to Latin America has changed me.
    Want to know more about Debby? or get in touch:
    Website: https://holistischehispanist.nl/
    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/debbyixchel/
    Want to know more about culture, Coco or share your feedback?  I would love to hear what you thought of this episode, send me a DM through
    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/crossculturalsolutions_by_coco/
    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/coco-hofs/
    or visit me on www.cocohofs.com
    59 min
  • Seeking consensus in a crisis situation with Konstandinos Skourtis - 03

    In this episode I talk with Konstandinos Skourtis.

    Konstandinos was determined to leave his home country - Greece.  For his employer he moved to Stockholm, Sweden, where he has been living for more than 10 years.

    Konstandinos worked in several executive roles for multinational companies.
    He shares about his experience managing crisis situations and how cultural differences has played a part.
    What do you do when your office is on fire and time is of the essence? Do you respect the cultural differences or is a more hierarchic top-down approach more effective?  (Do you want to know more on how cultural effects your business? Find more here)

    We talk about his adaptation in Sweden and how he dealt with the 'slap in the face' when being disappointed in his expat life.

    Konstandinos is a people & culture expert in the HR field.
    Want to get in touch with Konstandinos?

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kskourtis/

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_konstandinos_/


    Want to know more?  I would love to hear what you thought of this episode, send me a DM through:

    instagram: https://www.instagram.com/crossculturalsolutions_by_coco/

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/coco-hofs/

    or visit me on www.cocohofs.com

    43 min
  • How we are wired - Culture in our brain - 01
    What is culture? and how does it influence leadership & business?
    In this episode I will explain you the basics about 'human programming' in order to explain what culture is and how it is wired in our brain.  (Source)
    I share how managing cultural differences almost took a toll on me while working in Japan.
    Managing a cross-cultural team, reporting to an American boss and daily contact with the headquarters in Sweden. 
    I share how it has been to manage crisises like flying missiles from Noth-Korea, earthquakes and Tsunami alerts, in cultural context.
    Want to know more?  I would love to hear what you thought of this episode, send me a DM through: instagram: https://www.instagram.com/crossculturalsolutions_by_coco/
    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/coco-hofs/
    or visit me on www.cocohofs.com
    17 min

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My name is Coco Hofs. I help organizations on overcoming cultural differences in the international workplace.