Our agency
Team Jaffar Consultancy
Leila Jaffar, director/senior advisor and trainer
'My goal is always to teach people something that they can really use in their work situation. A police officer or a teacher who has to deal with aggression has no use for a general story about cultural differences. He wants to know how to de-escalate in an acute conflict situation. The influence of cultural differences and power relations is only relevant as a factor in that process. My work is aimed at transferring skills, knowledge and a pragmatic approach. Attuning to the other person is effective, adapting can be strategic.'
Activities at Jaffar Consultancy
- Methodology development
- Develop and implement training
- Coaching
- Advice in the field of recruitment & selection, communication and personnel policy
Leila has 35 years of experience as a trainer and consultant in the field of intercultural communication. She has become one of the leaders in this field in the Netherlands.
After years of working as a trainer at Volkshogeschool Drakenburgh in Baarn for native and immigrant groups, she started Jaffar Consultancy in 1991. She developed her own vision and matching training methods in the field of intercultural communication. Characteristic of Leila Jaffar's approach is its practical applicability and a nuanced view on cultural differences, based on a combination of thorough background knowledge and practical experience. In recent years, Leila Jaffar has done a lot of training work from Jaffar Consultancy in the welfare, self-organization, police and military police sectors.
Radi Suudi, Director/Senior Advisor
'I am convinced that intercultural communication is one of the greatest challenges of the coming years for the Dutch management of companies and institutions. With so much diversity in your employee and customer base, you simply can't do things the way you did in 1985. The ability to work with and lead people from diverse cultural backgrounds and to communicate with very diverse customers and buyers of your services becomes a core competency. Our agency can help companies and institutions make that change.'
Activities at Jaffar Consultancy
- Advice and drafting policy advice
- Research
- Chairmanships
- Coaching
Background
Radi Suudi obtained his masters in political science from the University of Amsterdam. From 1992 to 1995 he was coordinator of the national office of LSOBA, the National Cooperation Organizations for Foreign Workers. In that position he was involved in the restructuring of national minority organizations, which led to FORUM, Institute for Multicultural Development. Between 1995 and 1999 he was manager of Publicity and Research at FORUM and a member of the management team.
Since 1999 he has been associated with Jaffar Consultancy. Radi Suudi has extensive experience with personnel policy, reorganizations and developing strategic policy for institutions and organizations.
In addition, he provided the television program De Dialoog for the public broadcaster Nederland 2, in which national politicians and opinion makers were interviewed, and the interview program Verkenningen on Radio 5. Radi Suudi is regularly asked to lead and chair debates
