About Maria
Maria Todosiychuk
INTERNATIONAL TRAINER AND CONSULTANT IN INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCE, CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION, BUSINESS ETHICS
Based in Moscow, Russia, operating worldwide.
- Intercultural Trainer with the audience from 30+ countries
- Visiting Trainer in Russian and international business schools
- Intercultural Intelligence Game Designer and Edutainment Expert with games sold in 20+ countries
- Licensed Partner for Richard Lewis Communications (UK)
- SIETAR Russia Member (Society for Intercultural Education, Training and Research)
- International conferences and congresses presenter
MISSION
Providing superior, up-to-date, practical and gamified educational and consulting services to international businesses helping them:
- minimise risks of losses and failure related to cultural differences
- raise intercultural awareness and improve international negotiation skills
- build trust and relations with their foreign partners through understanding of the mentality and cultural characteristics of a particular country
- foster inclusion and enhance productivity in diverse and virtual teams
- raise organization’s ethical culture
SPECIAL APPROACH
As a trainer, consultant and speaker Maria combines:
- her own rich experience in international business communications with
- practical and scientific approach,
- participant individual trajectory, as well as
- edutainment tools and game-based methodology.
Each of her programs includes tailor-made or customized exercises, activities and games to reach the learning objectives of a particular client in the most impactful way.
MAIN PROGRAMS
- Intercultural Competence: awareness, skills, agility
- Culture-specific Training
- Business Ethics
- Multicultural Team
- Virtual Team
- Mindful Mind
- Edutainment and Game Design for Interculturalists
TRAINING GEOGRAPHY
Maria has run her programs in Russia, Armenia, Belarus, France, Belgium, and globally online.
The overall international audience numbers more than 30 countries, including participants from Germany, France, Austria, Guinea, Syria, Mexico, India, Argentina, Belgium, Switzerland, Denmark, Finland, Italy, Japan, China, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, South Korea, USA, Turkey, UK, Mongolia, Belarus, Canada, Saudi Arabia, Brazil, etc.
CLIENTS & PARTICIPANTS
Maria Todosiychuk's programs and events have been attended by employees and managers from:
World Bank, United Nations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (EU), Citibank, Banca Intesa, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Toyota, Google, Technonikol Corporation, NordGold, Rosatom, Wintershall Dea GmbH, Gazprom, Total, Sberbank, Raiffeisen Bank, Solopharm, Barilla and many other companies from the metallurgical, oil and gas, IT, engineering, financial, railway and other industries.
AUTHOR GAMES
Maria is the author of a number of intercultural games that are bought by educators, training companies and universities from Europe and the United States.
The most popular ones, like Culture Shock, Global Team, Intercultural Minefield, Diversity Space Meeting, Saying NO Across Cultures and Cross-Cultural Contextual Cubes have also been highly praised by the international professional community at SIETAR Japan 2020 Conference, SIETAR USA 2020 Conference, NASAGA Annual Gamification Conference 2020 (Canada), IACCM 2019 Conference in Paris, SIETAR Europa 2019 Congress in Belgium.
GUEST TRAINER / PUBLIC SPEAKER
- IAB International Academy of Business (Armenia)
- QED Consulting Company (USA)
- Intercultural Business Improvement bv (Netherlands)
- ECOPSY Consulting Company (Russia)
- Moscow Export Center
- Sberbank International
- International Protocol Center
- Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGMIMO)
- Russian University of People's Friendship
- Rotary Club Russia
- USIB Ural-Siberian Institute of Business
- MBA Center at Ural Federal University Business School Presidential Training Program for Executives
- UNESCO Open International School
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
- Richard Lewis Communication Licensed Partner Network
- SIETAR (Society for Intercultural Education, Training and Research)
- NASAGA (North American Simulation and Gaming Association)
- Russian Business Ethics Network
PRESENTING AT GLOBAL CONFERENCES
- SIETAR Europa Congress (Malta, 2022)
- SIETAR Japan Conference 2020
- 1st Virtual International Language Days (ILDs) including Intercultural Communication 2020 (Gernamy)
- NASAGA 2020 Annual Gamification Conference (Canada-USA, 2020)
- SIETAR USA: Learning From the Global Crisis Conference (USA, 2020)
- SIETAR Italia Gamification Week (Italy, 2020)
- Global Virtual Conference for Global Virtual Teams (EU, 2020)
- SIETAR Europa Congress (Belgium, 2019)
- IACCM Intercultural competencies for a disruptive VUCA world (Paris, 2019)
ENLIGHTEMENT ACTIVITY
Numerous publications, participating as an expert in TV- programmes, radio talks, online-shows in Russia, Europe and the USA.
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
Prior to starting as an Intercultural Communications Expert, Maria had worked in overseas operations at a number of Russian companies; had run a translating business with a lot of international projects. She is also currently an exporter of her own author educational games to Europe, USA and Asia.
INTERCULTURAL EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS
- 2021 – «Brain, Mind and Culture», Japan Intercultural Institute
- 2017– «Intercultural Communications: Global Leadership Dilemmas», SKOLKOVO Moscow School of Management (course by Maarten Asser, Duke CE)
- 2016 - Chinese language and culture, Confucius Institute
- 2013 –Richard Lewis Model in Cross-Cultural Communication, train-the-trainer course and certification as a licensed partner for CultureActive (UK)
- 2010 – «Business Cultural Trainer’s Certificate», train-the- trainer course (International House London, UK).
OTHER ADVANCED TRAINING
- 2021 – «Interactive Training Online» (Idea Energy Facilitation Center, online Russia)
- 2020 – LOLA: Live Online Learning Activities (The Thiagi Group, USA)
- 2020 – «Game Design. How to create games for business and education» («Game Practitioner Union», Moscow, Russia) 2019 – «Game Practitioner Pro» («University of Game Practice», online, Russia)
- 2017 – «Modern Interactive Educational Tools and Techs for Educators» (Institute of Strategic Innovations, Ekaterinburg, Russia)
- 2016 – «Intercultural Communication and Conflict Resolution» (University of California, Irvine, Coursera)
- 2015 – «Facilitator Tools» (“Urals Center For Facilitation”, Ekaterinburg, Russia)
- 2014 – «Corporate Trainer: Competencies and Skills for Group Work », IBC Business Education, Ekaterinburg, Russia 2012 – «International Protocol and Intercultural Communications» (Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Moscow, Russia)
HIGHER EDUCATION
- 2007 – Urals State Economical University, National Economy and Business Management
- 2005 – Urals State University, English Teacher, Translator.