Team / Nancy Bragard
“Realizing that a team needs to go beyond a simple awareness of cultural differences, I work towards defining a set of practical tools, adapted to the needs of the company and its staff, that will diminish divergence in the workplace and lead to finding a collective synergy.”
Nancy Bragard grew up in southern England (USA) in an intercultural environment of coming and going foreign students. She spent a year in Germany at age 14, learning the benefits and tough realities of living internationally. She lived in Togo for a year, teaching English to high school students. A resident of France for 23 years, Nancy formerly directed study-abroad programs for French and American universities.
Graduate studies in intercultural communications led her to a freelance career in corporate training. Committed to promoting intercultural awareness and a harmonious and productive environment in the international workplace, Nancy leads seminars in a variety of contexts. She prepares French assignees for expatriation, facilitates professional and social integration for incoming foreigners, and conducts training for international teams to improve communication and efficiency in the workplace.
Her work has taken her into many international organisations such as Alstom, AT&T, Carlson Wagonlit Travel, Cogéma, Crown-CarnaudMetalbox, General Electric Medical Systems, Glaxo-Wellcome, International Herald Tribune, Lucent Technologies, Saint-Gobain, Sony, Thomson-CSF.
She joined Pateau Consultants 1998 to develop intercultural teambuilding activities for American, German and French employees of Aventis Pharma and AventisCropscience.
She travels to the U.S. regularly where she attends and presents at intercultural workshops and conferences.
Academic Qualifications
- BA, The Colorado College (magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa)
- Graduate Studies, North Carolina State University
- The Summer Institute for Intercultural Communication
