Harriet L. Russell

For over 40 years, Harriet L. Russell has helped people work better together across cultures. From working on Wall Street in NYC, to sole consultant-translator for ABC News at the G7 Tokyo Economic Summit to jetting off to Minsk hosted by the U.S. State Department, she knows the importance of cross-cultural competence.

Harriet lived and worked overseas for many years. At 24, she traveled Marco Polo’s Silk Route overland for six months through the Middle East to live in Asia. Decades later in her career of multicultural work, Harriet was commended by the Fulbright Commission, awarded by Rotary International for “creating friendly relations among peoples of the world”, and founded an English language library in Kyrgyzstan.

She has written works in three languages and her book, Doing Business with Ease Overseas: Building Cross-Cultural Relationships That Last, was selected to be in the U.S. Library of Congress.

Conflict resolution and stress management are key to global business. Harriet lived at largest holistic health center in N. America as Program Director. Later, she launched her own school of body-mind wellness, the first in Ohio, certifying hundreds of yoga teachers.

Whether training multicultural teams, coaching executives, keynote speaking at conventions, or teaching at universities, Harriet’s presentations are interactive, relevant, and impactful.

Harriet has been interviewed by NBC, ABC, CBS, Crain’s Business, Asahi Shimbun Daily, and more.

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CLIENT COMMENTS:

All of our international business saw an increase in profit and productivity once Harriet Russell showed us how to interact with our counterparts overseas.
Federico Macias Baena – CEO, Spain Coordination

Simply put, Harriet Russell is a charismatic person. More specifically she is friendly, energetic and involved. Harriet is knowledgeable in many areas as well as street-wise. She has international business knowledge, cross cultural expertise, in-depth information and years of experience in the global realm.
Marina Kurkov — Russian Professor and Author

Harriet engages the audience and can build a cohesive team.
Lauren Plagens — Metropolitan Life Insurance Company

When Harriet speaks, people listen. She draws from many fields, many cultures and many disciplines. Any discourse she presents will have depth and perspective.
Bob Carr — Director, East-West Center, Czech Republic

Working, living, and interacting with the Japanese people is especially difficult in today's world. I chose Harriet to help me because she has lived there and "walked the walk!"
Tim Claiborne — United Airlines

Harriet is an extremely professional and effective presenter in a variety of contexts. Her presentations were all well-structured, up to the point with relevant information for the audience.
Iryna Turouskaya — US Embassy, Belarus

Harriet has shown tremendous knowledge of culture and language, particularly in Asia, and she has a great sense of business principles. She understands how business and culture work together. You will find that Harriet will be a tremendous addition to your team.
Carl T. Marino — Publisher, Industry Week

The bottom line is: Harriet gets results. There is no one who is better well-versed in International communication. From customs to body language, Harriet prepares the business person working internationally to hit the ground running.
Rick Dudnick — VP, Lontos Sales & Motivation, Inc.