ABSTRACT
The Cross-Cultural Kaleidoscope model provides the coach with a tool that enables the users to reflect upon an intercultural situation. In author's intercultural work it often transpires that the values and beliefs that are culturally constructed, either during socialisation or during adult life, may be completely subconscious. This is because humans' cultural values and beliefs are 'below the waterline' as explained in the well-known 'cultural iceberg' metaphor. The Kaleidoscope may be utilised in several different ways, depending on how the coach intuits that it will have the most impact upon learning for the coachee. The example also suggests that, through a deep level of trust and a willingness to use creative solutions, coaching can be effective beyond language. It explains how, through using the Cross-Cultural Kaleidoscope model, deeply engrained patterns may be revealed to both the coach and the coachee. Furthermore, the patterns may be from a culture with which the coach has no experience or knowledge of.
