Who We Are
CCD is a Organizational and Leadership Development Firm that specializes in supporting leaders with developing healthy and inclusive organizational cultures.
Through our unique consulting approach, we work with leaders to transform organizational cultures into places of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging.
Cross-Cultural Dynamics was built on the foundational belief that people simply need to respect one another.
OUR STORY
I (Dr. McGee) started Cross-Cultural Dynamics (CCD) several years ago with the goal of challenging leaders to think differently as it relates to building collaboration and unity across cultural differences.
I imagined a world where leaders create environments for everyone to have a fair and equitable opportunity to be successful, where leaders create practices that value everyone’s experiences and stories, where leaders become advocates for everyone, regardless of their differences, and where leaders don’t measure success by monetary value, but by the number of people they support in fulfilling their purposes and dreams.
This vision was sparked in 2009 when I met a gentleman in Fresno, CA while attending a ‘church in the park’ service. As we conversed, the man shared his story of coming from Mexico many years ago with his wife and kids to find better opportunities here in the USA. He explained how he went through some difficult times getting his family settled here and how he became addicted to drugs. Because of his addition, he lost his family, his job, and everything. He became homeless.
After some time went by, he knew he had to get his life together, so he started reaching out to different churches for help. To his surprise, he was met with resistance and outright denial from churches. He was told things like, “You have to become a member for us to help you,” and “You need to be off drugs before we can help you,” and “You need to find a church with people of your own race.” His story had a deep and profound impact on my life. For years, I struggled trying to understand how any institution, whether church or business, could turn someone away who is seeking help.
Growing up as a black man, I faced racism of many sorts, but for some reason, this man’s story has had a transformational impact on my life. It opened my eyes and led me on a journey into understanding my purpose.
I believe that by approaching our differences using an empowerment approach instead of a deficit-thinking approach, we can build collaboration and true unity. We have also established ourselves as a firm where we meet every client face to face no matter where they are located in the world. Building relationships is one of our core values, and we live by it every day.
Welcome to CCD, where relationships matter!
Mission
Cross-Cultural Dynamics partners with leaders in organizations to cultivate a framework for sustainable, innovative, and healthy organizational culture through diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging.
Vision
Reshaping organizational cultures until everyone experiences belonging.
Core Values
Give Back
Build Relationships
Have Fun
Be Authentic
Work Smart
Philosophy
We believe leaders build organizational cultures based on their values. These values provide the foundation for the organization, specifically and fundamentally, how others are treated. Does everyone feel welcome? Does everyone feel like they belong? Does everyone have what they need to be successful in their work?
Today, leaders need to be equipped with the skills and tools to lead the most diverse workforce ever seen.
We have dedicated ourselves to developing a new approach to DEIB that focuses on leaders and leadership teams which subsequently supports effective organizational behavior change. We help leaders understand that organizational culture is a complex and interacting system that is constantly changing.
We believe in the power of leadership, and we know DEIB initiatives can only be assessed, implemented, and sustained through a new leadership approach.