For Multinational Organizations

Consulting

Capabilities

To enable our global clients to enhance collaboration in their multicultural workplaces, Cogent Language provides consulting services in language program change management.  In our first four years of operation, we have helped frame key human resource development initiatives in Asia, Africa, the Americas, and Europe.

We have deep expertise in corporate language training.  We have evaluated, designed, and developed programs for entry-level participants, performance support programs for working professionals, and executive coaching for high potential and C-level individuals.  In addition to our in-house capabilities, we maintain close, long-standing ties with world-class providers of language assessment, e-learning services and instructor-led training.  We have significant sector experience with energy, engineering, pharmaceuticals, and financial services.  Since our start in 2005, we have provided most of our services online in order to enhance performance in virtual teams.

Clients

Our clients are typically multinational companies and/or their suppliers of soft skills and language training.  Individual clients are usually decision-makers responsible for the performance of multicultural teams.  As a result, they have had a variety of titles and a range of requirements.

• Project managers who require custom solutions for their teams on short notice 
  
• Executives with long-term, enterprise-scale responsibilities and a strong focus on finance
  
• Department supervisors who need to enhance business communication in their areas
  
• Owners, marketing representatives, and account managers of top-of-the-line language training organizations

Testimonials

“Dan greatly propelled a key project when he provided consulting to

my team on building a collaborative High Performance Organization in

Clinical Research. In particular he introduced new (to us) thinking on

Communities of Practice and Organizational Learning in combination with

performance management that recognizes what he framed for us

Account-building Communicative Tasks (ACTs).”

Torsten Kanisch, Innovation, Quality, Productivity Champion, Novartis Pharma K.K. Japan

August 14, 2008

Does HR Have Questions on Language Training?  We Have Answers.

• Needs assessment, business case analysis
  

• Blended, e-learning, and instructor-led programs
  
• Sourcing and contracting with new supplier(s)
• Supplier vetting and evaluation
  
• Improving performance of high potential employees
  
• Language classes for project work
• Performance metrics, ROI