Master global management.

Going on a business trip?

Preparing for an overseas assignment?

Keystone is a comprehensive suite of online learning materials and tools that will help you and your team to excel.
Working with people is like navigating icebergs: usually you see and comprehend only 10%. Meanwhile, the remaining 90% lies “below the waterline,” preventing correct understanding.

Implementing the best communication tools will not solve this problem.

We created Keystone to help managers and their teams see beyond the 10% so that they can work with confidence and effectiveness.

Is this you?

I am going on a business trip to give a presentation about our new product. I have never been to this country before and have no idea if my presentation is going to be effective.

With Keystone, you will learn how to modify communications and presentations for a global audience with our Cultural IQ tool. Through video case studies you will understand how differences play out in business settings. You can then test yourself with quizzes on management and influencing.

I have started managing a global team but deadlines are not being met and getting feedback about problems feels like a constant uphill battle.

With Keystone, you will learn how to address gaps in problem-solving, communications, and decision-making approaches with our Cultural IQ tool. You will learn about the 7 success factors of high-performing teams and the best practices for setting up an effective team structure. With our video case studies, you will see how differences play out in a business setting and learn best practices for team meetings.

I am preparing for an overseas assignment but it’s a business culture I am not familiar with and I am feeling completely lost in terms of what I need to know and prepare for before I get there.

With Keystone, you will learn differences in problem-solving, communications, and decision-making approaches in various cultures and will get tips for how to modify your style to work effectively in those cultures. You will be briefed on common pitfalls when dealing with different business cultures so that you make the best first impression and build long-term productive relationships.

I’m managing a diverse team of people from Japan, Australia, as well as the Netherlands. Not everyone is participating the same amount in team meetings and I don’t know why.

With Keystone, you will learn about the 7 success factors of high-performing teams that address the most common issues encountered with diverse teams. Your can then add your team members within the Keystone online learning suite so that they can learn about the 7 success factors on their own. As they progress through their lessons, they will be asked to rate each success factor according to how well it is working or not, which you can use to faciliate a team discussion on corrective action. For an even deeper dive, you can also use the Cultural IQ tool to evaluate each team member’s preferences in problem-solving, communications, and decision-making approaches.


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What people say about Keystone

The Cultural IQ Assessment I used as a team-building tool with my global team. It was very effective—practical and immediately applicable.
—J. Santos, Apple Inc.
This is nothing like the many tools out there. It is the real thing. You will see how to apply it immediately.
—L. Keegan, consultant
This tool changed how my team conducts meetings. It has made them productive and shorter in time. Wished we had done this many months earlier!
—M. Nakamura, Deutsche Bank, Tokyo
My team wasn’t communicating. I didn’t know if the root cause was cultural or personal. The Keystone tool plus workshops solved the problem.
—R. Kouchi, NTT DOCOMO

25 years of experience training leaders

Keystone is the distillation of 25 years of experience in training leaders from over 50 Fortune 500 Companies including Apple, Deutsche Bank, NTT, Hitachi, Samsung, Phillips, Sage Intacct, Neuberger Berman, Renesas Electronics, Federal Express and Credit Suisse, along with dozens of multinational organizations throughout the world. Keystone contains everything we have learned, refined and expanded. That is why we are confident that our solutions work.

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