Lionel Laroche, Founder and Principal of MultiCultural Business Solutions, is a thought provoking and educational speaker and the author of three books examining the impact of cultural differences on business at the organizational and individual level entitled:
- Danger and Opportunity: Bridging Cultural Diversity for Competitive Advantage
- Recruiting, Retaining and Promoting Culturally Different Employees
- Managing Cultural Diversity in Technical Professions
Educated in France and the US, Lionel started his career in Canada as an engineer He worked with technical professionals from all over the world in Germany and Italy on expatriate assignments. The cultural adaptation process taught him so much that he decided to use the knowledge to help professionals from all over the world to achieve career success and organizations benefit from the opportunities brought by a diverse workforce and the global market.
Over the past 15 years, Lionel has provided cross-cultural training, coaching and consulting services to over 20,000 people through a wide range of business, government, academic, professional and non-profit organizations in fourteen countries. Lionel holds a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the California Institute of Technology and a "Diplôme d'ingénieur polytechnicien" from the École Polytechnique de Paris, France.
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