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Webinar: Beyond Training: Why Leadership Development Fails Without Cultural Intelligence

  • October 22, 2026
  • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  • Zoom

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Beyond Training: Why Leadership Development Fails Without Cultural Intelligence

Organisations invest millions in leadership development every year, yet many still struggle to translate learning into sustained behavioural change and improved performance.

One often-overlooked factor is culture.

In multicultural organisations, leadership behaviours are not always interpreted in the way they were intended. The result is that even well-designed development programmes can fail to deliver the expected business outcomes.

In this interactive webinar, Emma Jordaan explores why traditional leadership development approaches often overlook the hidden influence of culture and shares practical strategies that Learning & Development professionals can use to design learning experiences that create greater clarity, stronger leadership capability and measurable organisational impact.

Understand why leadership development does not always translate into workplace performance.

* Recognise how cultural differences influence the way leadership behaviours are interpreted.

* Explore practical ways to embed Cultural Intelligence into leadership development programmes.

* Identify opportunities to design learning that improves collaboration, trust and organisational performance.

* Leave with practical ideas to strengthen the impact of their leadership development initiatives.


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ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Emma Jordaan is a Cultural Intelligence (CQ) thought leader, TEDx and international keynote speaker, author of Dubai Decoded, and Founder & CEO of Infinite Consulting. With more than 20 years of experience across the UK, Europe, and GCC, Emma works with leaders and organisations to strengthen leadership, align L&D strategy with business performance, and build high-performing multicultural teams. A CQ Fellow and creator of the CultureVantage™ and R.A.P.I.D.™ frameworks, she has worked with global organisations including Visa, Standard Chartered, and Alvarez & Marsal and has spoken at major platforms including GITEX, HRSE, and the L&D Summit.

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