Larry Persons, Ph.D.

Larry Persons, Ph.D.

Visiting Faculty

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Visiting Faculty, Management

  • Owner and CEO, CQ Leadership Consulting, LLC, Bangkok, Thailand.
    • A U.S. company with a Thai branch that offers cross-cultural and leadership consulting, coaching, short courses at academic institutions, and seminars for organizations and businesses.
    • CQ empowers leaders to navigate successfully between cultures to maximize performance, productivity, and financial results.
  • Dr. Persons is a multi-cultural, bilingual expert helping organizational leaders in Thailand successfully navigate between cultures to maximize performance, productivity and financial results.
  • Born and raised in Thailand and received by Thais as a highly acceptable outsider due to his strong command of the Thai language and worldview.
  • Author of a groundbreaking book on “face” as social capital for leadership in Thai society: The Way Thais Lead: Face as Social Capital, Chiangmai, Thailand: Silkworm Books (2016)

  • Teach leaders to increase their cultural intelligence in a globalized world
  • Develop human resources through coaching
  • Design and implement new organizational training programs
  • Advise multi-cultural teams on how to pursue a shared vision and goals
  • Understand cultural nuances in negotiations between Thais and foreigners
  • Mediate sensitive cross-cultural conflicts due to miscommunication

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