Culture IS a Competitive Advantage In an global business environment where everybody can outsource manufacturing to China, IT support to India, call centers to Costa Rica, marketing to Facebook or Google, sell their products on Amazon or EBay, and ship to worldwide customers via DHL or UPS, the last competitive advantage are your employees. Modern companies are struggling to address the expectations of their leaders, employees, and customers. Employee engagement is at an all times 30% low, expatriate assignments fail over 40% of the times, projects - partnerships - joint ventures - and M&A fail over 60% of the time, and over 90% of companies fail in the first 10 years. The primary component of those failures are the conflicts that are developed due to the cross-cultural misunderstandings between customers, employees, and leaders. ICQ Consulting is one of the leading companies in the area of cross-cultural consulting, and our Intercultural DISC, and Organizational DISC solutions can help you address the challenges that you are facing in the new global business environment. From organizational change and employee development, to partnerships, joint ventures, and M&A activities, our proven solutions can help you achieve your goals by identifying and addressing the obstacles in your way.