Bridge Cultures,
Boost Market Growth
Enabling Global Leadership
and Market Expansion
Welcome to the Multicultural Leadership Institute (MLI), a center for state-of-the-art leadership research and development focused on equipping leaders and sales teams to boost productivity and attain ambitious growth goals with greater ease and efficiency.
Our clients include some of the world's most dynamic and influential organizations. These forward-thinking entities partner with us to turn cultural differences from a potential barrier into a source of deep competitive advantage to propel their growth.
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Our Distinctive Approach
Led by Joy Chen, former Deputy Mayor of Los Angeles and executive recruiter for Fortune 500 leadership, the Multicultural Leadership Institute (MLI) merges global leadership expertise with contemporary findings from across the social sciences.
Leveraging premier psychometric assessments, we provide your team with the necessary tools to deepen their cultural competencies. Our tailored training programs are crafted to hone the abilities of your people to engage, motivate, and mobilize team members and clients from all backgrounds and perspectives.
Join our network of visionary organizations shaping the 21st century.
JOY CHEN
A trailblazer in global leadership and cross-cultural market engagement
Joy Chen, CEO of the Multicultural Leadership Institute (MLI), is a trailblazer in global cross-cultural leadership development. Her career path from Deputy Mayor of Los Angeles to executive recruiter for Fortune 500 CEOs and Board members, and ultimately a prime mover in leadership training, underscores her unique ability to elevate leaders and sales teams worldwide.
As Deputy Mayor of Los Angeles, Joy led economic and workforce development for a culturally diverse city whose workforce speaks 90+ languages. Her initiatives to equip Angelenos with the skills they need to excel in the global economy endure as policy benchmarks. Transitioning to the corporate sphere, Joy joined the executive search firm Heidrick & Struggles and over seven years recruited global leaders across North America, Europe, and Asia.
The pivot to leadership development was serendipitously sparked by the success of her leadership blog in China, launching her there as a keynote speaker, author, and training organization founder serving millions in Asia and the Americas.
Joy's contributions to global cross-cultural leadership have garnered features in media including the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, The Economist, CNN and Vogue China.
At the MLI, Joy and her exceptional team deliver state-of-the-art training that merges global leadership expertise with fresh findings in cultural anthropology and organizational psychology, equipping audiences with the cultural insights they need to boost productivity and achieve ambitious growth targets more easily and efficiently.
Global Leadership Mastery
Gain the cultural insights and skills you need to adeptly manage teams across varied cultures, and enhance your organization's global footprint.
Inclusive Leadership Mastery
Gain the cultural insights and skills you need to engage, motivate and mobilize team members and clients from all cultural backgrounds and viewpoints.
Cross-Cultural Sales Accelerator
Equip your sales teams with the cultural insights and skills to adeptly engage diverse clients and expand into new markets, both global and domestic.
Asian Leadership Accelerator
Empower your Asian professionals to navigate Corporate America’s unwritten rules and build the EQ skills they need to advance and contribute greater impact.
Keynotes by Joy Chen
Engage and empower your audiences to greater leadership effectiveness across global and domestic markets.
Watch Joy Chen in Action
Experience how Joy inspires and elevates leaders and teams worldwide.