PiCC Philosophy & Approach

PiCC Philosophy

PiCC’s philosophy is closely aligned with that of ECCQ and is articulated as:

• Cultural competence begins with personal and organisational cultural self-awareness.
• Developing cultural competence is a lifelong learning process.
• Leadership and management support is essential.
• Cross-cultural training is a vital element of cultural competence development.
• Effective cultural diversity programs balance the social justice and business cases for diversity.
• Our role is to be a partner to organisations, supporting the achievement of their objectives.

PiCC Training Approach

Our training and consulting work is underpinned by and reflective of the following approach:

• Interactive training that reflects the goals and needs of people and organisations.
• Creating a safe, non judgmental and open learning environments.
• Emphasis on facilitation and exploration.
• Providing practical tools and frameworks.
• Recognising and respecting the diversity of all participants.
• Creating the capacity and motivation to continue developing cultural competence.