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Global Issues, Intercultural Perspectives

Keynotes and speeches by Gábor Holch address the intercultural aspects of global issues such as corporate leadership, expatriate assignments, top-performing teams, corporate culture, entrepreneurship, and technological solutions such as management systems and artificial intelligence.

His most sought-after topics include:

  • Foreign firms and executives in China based on his 2023 book Dragon Suit: The golden age of expatriate executives in China

  • Corporate worst and best practices in cross-cultural vision, strategy, leadership and teamwork

  • Cultural biases and their remedies in tech and artificial intelligence applications.

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Gábor speaks primarily at corporate events such as annual meetings, industry summits and conferences. However, over his 20 years of experience he also spoke for international organisations (United Nations, OSCE) professional associations (International Council for Management Consulting Institutions - ICMCI, Society for Intercultural Education, Training and Research - SIETAR, Association of Certified Fraud Examiners - ACFE, China Renewable Energy Association - CREIA), Chambers of Commerce, universities and non-profits. Geographically, most of his speeches take place in East Asia, Europe or the Middle East.

Current Speech Topics

Cultural bias and its remedies in corporate strategy

Intercultural collaboration in East-West leadership teams

Cultural intelligence in strategic negotiations

Cultural biases and remedies in finance, technology and AI

Cross-cultural communication for virtual and hybrid teams

Intercultural lessons from expatriate executive career cases

Dragon Suit: Expatriate executives in China

The future of foreign firms and their strategies in China

Recent Clients and Events

Annual Meeting of Certified Fraud Examiners, Hong Kong

United Nations Career Development Roundtable, virtual

OSCE Conference on Public Sector Transformation, Vienna

Annual meeting of SEB Bank, Shanghai

Annual Women’s Symposium, Zhengzhou

Annual meeting of Roland Berger China, Shanghai

Big In Asia Conference, Tallinn

Certified Management Consultants Conference, Amman

"An engaging storytelling style."

“Gabor’s keynotes gave deep insight and applicable solutions for overcoming cross-cultural challenges in intergovernmental and public-sector projects."

Gustavo Araujo

Chief of People Management

UNHCR

"Enriching & entertaining storytelling!"

"Gabor's keynote speeches at international conferences show a deep and respectful understanding of cultural differences."

Paolo Sironi

Global Research Leader in Banking

IBM Institute for Business Value

"Dynamic, interactive and engaging!"

"Gabor always impresses the crowd with his level of experience in China and the way he is able to translate it into clear and practical learning points."

Sergio Martin Bello

Senior Content Analyst

Arvato Financial Solutions

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