About Us

Founder and Managing Director of World of Difference, Gina Teague specialises in the fields of intercultural training and career development. Having undergone several international relocations herself, Gina has devoted the past 13 years of her career to supporting expatriate and repatriate individuals and families with personal and professional transition issues.

Her approach, which is to help the client identify, understand and manage cross cultural differences, is designed to enhance the client’s personal and professional effectiveness and optimise the overseas experience for all involved. Her experience and client base span the worlds of major corporations and not-for-profit organisations.

• 13 years of experience in cross-cultural training, relocation management, and career development.
• Author of “Culture Smart USA”, a joint publication of SBS Australia and Kuperard publishing, UK, in addition to various published articles.
• A native of the U.K., with 24 years of expatriate experience in Brazil, France, Spain, the United States and Australia. Gina is proficient in French, Spanish, and Portuguese.
• M.A. in Organisational Psychology and an Ed.M. in Counselling Psychology from Columbia University, New York.
• Designed and delivered cross-cultural orientations to over 30 countries; programmes include cultural awareness, country briefings, domestic diversity, multicultural team building, career and life planning, and job search skills.
• Designed content for interactive web-based instruments, including an interactive career self-assessment instrument and a “Cultural Awareness Wizard”.

Corporate Clients

As a consultant for GMAC Intercultural Services, Berlitz Cross-Cultural, Prudential Intercultural, Communicaid, and RW3, Gina has delivered programmes for the following corporations:

BHP Billiton, American Express, G.E. Capital, G.E. Plastics, J.P. Morgan Chase, Citibank, UBS, Goldman Sachs, Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch, Texaco, Avon, Sprint, Alltel, Brown Forman, Bell South, Colgate, Pfizer, Procter & Gamble, Merck, Novartis, and Actelion.

Consultancy projects for not-for-profit client include:

• Career development workshop for fellows of the United Negro College Fund's Sophomore Summer Policy Institute, Atlanta, U.S.A. (2005).
• Series of Job Search workshops and individual career counselling sessions for United Nations (UNOPS) staff in Malaysia, Kenya, and Denmark (2004).
• Career Development consultant to the Kevin Garnett Foundation's "Management Leadership for Tomorrow" initiative, New York (2002-2003)
• Careers in the Cross-Cultural Field Presentation and Cultural Awareness Programme, University of Maryland, U.S.A. (2003)
• Guest Career Counselor at the International Career Advancement Programme (joint initiative of the University of Denver and the Mellon Foundation) at the Aspen Institute, Colorado, U.S.A. (2002).

Active member of the Society for Intercultural Education, Training and Research (SIETAR), the Employee Relocation Council (ERC), the Australian Human Resources Society (AHRI), and the Australian Psychological Society (APS).