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Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails.

Explore. Dream. Discover. 

Mark Twain

About Us

Who we are

Transatlantic Business Development (tbu) is an international relocation, coaching and consulting firm located in the heart of the automotive industry, the Detroit Metropolitan area, Michigan, U.S.A. tbu was established in May 2000 following the requests of several international companies to help them create winning strategies that would work across international borders. Dipl. Kfm. Klaus P. Ofenhitzer serves as President and executive IT coach and consultant of the international relocation, coaching and consulting firm. We have more than seven years of intercultural training and relocation experience serving a wide array of clientele.

Our Services

tbu’s goal is to help individuals and corporations from different cultures work together resourcefully. Our easy 3-step program encourages clients to develop cultural awareness, learn how to move on the foreign field like on their home play ground and to increase the performance across international borders.

Our teams are committed to providing high-quality training services that reduce the overall cost before, during and after the relocation process and enable transferees and their families to be immediately productive on both sites of the Atlantic. We know by experience, as we ourselves are or have been transferees.

Our flexible 3-step program saves time and cost for both, the individual and the company. In a first step our cost efficient standardized seminars provide a quick overview about the vital cultural differences. Customized relocation services, coaching and consulting sessions enable individuals, teams and organizations to take different perspectives and consider new ways of thinking and performing, and develop strategies to be successful in a intercultural environment. But, our services do not end with the training programs and coaching and consulting sessions. Relocation Assistance is on hand at several locations to offer transferees and their family members advice to make the integration in the new living and working environment a painless and exciting experience that lasts a lifetime.

Our Clients

Our multicultural and multilingual teams are dedicated to serving transferees and their families to make their move a pleasant and rewarding one. Our business coaches help corporate teams and organizations to deepen the understanding of cultural differences and to increase performance in new and challenging environments.

Benefits for our Clients

A highly competitive market and growing international business requires corporate strategies across international borders to continue corporate success in the future.

Cultural and national differences often jeopardize corporate success on a global scale. Different languages, different market regulations and national laws, different business etiquette and different national consumer behavior require teams and leaders with international skills and thinking to make global concepts a success. Once again, the human factor has become a primary key to successful management of complex projects across national frontiers. intercultural business coaching and consulting is the most effective way to leverage cultural diversity.

Individuals, teams and organizations benefit from our seminars and coaching and consulting session by better understanding cultural differences and how to turn challenges into opportunities to gain a personal and professional advantage in a global market. Our multicultural coaches help to create awareness about cultural differences, to improve communication in a intercultural corporate environment and to develop successful management skills that work across international borders.

Opening up to learn, stepping out of the land of familiar, exploring new land provides the advantage to differentiate from your competitors and to succeed in difficult economic times.

Our Location

tbu’s office is located in the heart of the automotive industry, the Detroit Metropolitan area. A local service is essential but sometimes not enough. That’s why tbu is affiliated with selected partners in several European countries. In this way we can facilitate intercultural seminars and coaching and consulting in the USA and Europe.

     

 

 

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