What is the COF? (Cultural Orientation Framework)
During Intercultural Coaching, I use the COF (Cultural Orientation Framework) that facilitates the understanding of the cultural characteristics of individuals, teams and organizations, and can be used for:
• Self-evaluation
• Individual coaching
• Leadership development
• Intercultural training
• Team training
• Organizational cultural audits.
• The COF is based on the book “Coaching Across Cultures” by Philippe Rosinski, chosen by the Harvard Business School as its outstanding book in the business leadership category.
• COF goes beyond the national focus and allows us to analyze other cultural influences that make up our identities (country, religion, family, gender, profession, generation, company, etc.).
How does COF work?
• With its 17 dimensions, the COF methodology allows us to become aware of our Preferences: how we communicate, think, manage time, organize ourselves, and deal with power and responsibility.
• It allows you to compare your individual profile with your teammates or with different national cultures.
• COF also allows us to discover new options to increase our adaptability, creativity and efficiency.
• The COF method is the equivalent of the MBTI personality assessment applied to the Cultural profile and is available in Chinese, Dutch, English, French, German, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish, Russian and Czech.
