Global'Ease's origins

Global'Ease was founded by Nathalie Kleinschmit, a fourth generation expatriate, who holds a German passport, grew up in Canada and has spent half of her life in France.

Upon her arrival in Paris, Nathalie started out by teaching English to business people in Paris. It quickly became obvious to her clients that effectively negotiating with English speakers required more than just speaking the language.

The question as to why people didn't not necessary have the same negotiation style was the starting point for Nathalie's research. Teaming up with different colleagues and university professors, she then became interested in a number of fields, in particular what was then called "anthropology applied to business", the premise to the intercultural field. Her aim in doing this was to first understand the differences, then start with developing the negotiation tools with English-speaking partners and follow with more varied applications later on.

Global'Ease's development between 1992 and 2004

Since 1992, Global'Ease has first and foremost focused its efforts on research and course development. Research done on the stages of internationalization for individuals, teams and organizations is translated into workshops in the form of models, games, tools and exercises which can be applied to a corporate context.

The discussions among participants, their changing needs and experiences, and their questions encourage us to do further research and to continue to create new seminars. Research is a necessary ingredient for creating relevant seminars that aren’t just theoretical, but that actually put theory into practice.

Little by little, Global'Ease developed a new approach to internationalization and the intercultural field. From this approach, it designed a number of different seminars aimed at enabling individuals, teams and organizations to develop and maximize their potential abroad.

2005: Deployment of the Global'Ease approach

With growing international trade and the mobility it involves, organizations are turning to intercultural services to help their employees meet these challenges. As a result, organizations are faced with the difficulty of training teams in different regions of the world in a coherent and effective way, while respecting increasingly stringent time and budget constraints.

In parallel, the number of trainers turning towards the intercultural field is continuing to increase. All of these independent trainers represent a plethora of skills ready to be used in a coherent, structured and effective way.

In 2005, driven by its experience and willingness to share, Global'Ease is responding to the needs of organizations and trainers by becoming a quality brand for its clients world-wide and by bringing together a network of trainers who share its values and have been trained to sell and deliver its seminars.

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