Turning Diverse Talent Attraction Into Long-Term Workforce Retention
Paul W. Pickering has 25 years of international experience in attracting and retaining diverse global talent. Informed by his academic background and experience working in 6 nations, he helps businesses overcome intercultural challenges.
He collaborates with employers to break down organizational structural roadblocks, expand talent development opportunities, and develop positive long term cultures that blend local and corporate strengths.
Core services:
1) Intercultural Retention Assessments: Deep-dive evaluations to identify and fix workplace barriers causing talent turnover.
2) Custom Workforce Workshops: Tailored training sessions designed to improve communication and collaboration across diverse teams and locations.
3) Organizational Policy Reviews: Auditing and updating internal workplace policies to ensure equity and inclusivity for international hiring and retention
4) Talent Integration Strategy: Advisory services to help employers successfully
a) onboard, support, and retain professionals from any nation
b) balance corporate and local imperatives
c) promote organizational values in ways to which every mini culture relates
Here are frequently asked questions (FAQs):
Services & Approach
- What is an intercultural retention specialist? A consultant who helps businesses keep international and diverse employees by improving workplace culture.
- How do you assess workplace culture? Through specialized organizational reviews, employee feedback, and analyzing current retention data.
- Are workshops customized for each business? Yes, every training session is tailored to your specific industry, team size, and cultural challenges.
- What does a policy review involve? Auditing internal HR policies, onboarding processes, and communication habits to remove hidden barriers.
Target Audience & Impact
- What size companies do you work with? Services scale to fit small local businesses, non-profits, and large global corporations.
- How does intercultural training improve ROI? It directly reduces the high costs of employee turnover, hiring, and onboarding by keeping talent longer.
- Do you help with hiring international talent? The primary focus is onboarding, integration, and long-term retention rather than initial recruitment. Some support is available, and referrals may be provided to organizations for whom hiring is the focus.
- How are these services delivered? All assessments, consulting sessions, and workshops are available both virtually and in-person.
Career highlights include:
- 6,000+ Instructional Hours: Expert at delivering technical and soft-skill training, virtually, in-person and blended to multi-level learners across and between complex organizations
- International Faculty Roles: Instructor positions in South Korea, Czechia, Estonia, and the USA
- 14 Years at Immigrant Services Association of Nova Scotia (ISANS) providing intercultural learning and consultative services to 500+ employers and over 5000 workshop attendees across and beyond Nova Scotia
- 7 Years at National Policing College, UK, holding diversity portfolio and providing “One Culture Scaling” to all 47 national police services in units delivering Immersive Learning, Train the Trainer, Virtual Programming and HR policy development and implementation guidance.
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