In this manual the following aims are important:
- Explaining health, well-being, health promoting and salutogenesis
- Exploring transcultural leadership competences
- Exploring transcultural conflict management
- Elaborating personal feelings, needs and value orientations and their connection to socio-cultural norms and values as well as personal behaviour
- Training the salutogenetic perspective in management and leadership
- Empowering transcultural leadership competences
- Improving well-being on the physical, psychological and mental health levels through cognitive, affective and behavioural-oriented training
The manual can be used
- as a self-coaching and self-training programme
- by coaches, counsellors and consultants supporting employees, managers and leaders in their personal development
- in individual counselling sessions, as well as in group training and team mentoring processes
- to train facilitators within organizations to develop health promotion and salutogenesis across cultures
An important topic is conflictmanagement. Mayer and Boness emphasize: "Often inter-personal conflicts are impacted by intra-personal identity processes. It has been stated that all conflicts are identity conflicts, because conflicts allways occur in dependence on the person´s identity and values. Therefore, the individual´s identity must be considered when managing conflicts. Identity conflicts are usually difficult to resolve, because identity is assumed to be non-negotiable, whereas interests are. The need to belong and conform is very high in identity conflicts. Complex conflict dynamics correlate with asymmetrie, a lack of understanding and a lack of feeling of control. Identity conflicts are associated with intense emotions, unrealistic views of others and a lack of empathy ..."
Creating mental health across cultures – Coaching and training for managers
Mayer, Claude-Hélène; Boness; Christian Martin
