The Cultural Orientations Framework assessment empowers dental leaders to foster unity in diversity, optimize team performance, and leverage diverse cultural perspectives.
When working with teams, various tools can be employed based on context, specific issues, and individuals involved. These tools include experiential activities, action learning team projects, group discussions, video recordings of team activities followed by feedback exchanges, individual reflections, peer coaching, and group facilitation.
This article focuses on a deductive technique that emphasizes the use of the Cultural Orientations Framework™ (COF) assessment to raise awareness about cultural orientations exhibited in team member actions. It encourages them to consider alternative cultural perspectives when they could be beneficial. While other cultural assessment tools exist, they primarily focus on establishing country cultural profiles and comparing individual preferences with national cultures. In contrast, the COF promotes personal growth by learning from cultural differences.
Dental leaders can use this conceptual framework to help teams …