Global Village Guides

2010

Bankole Adeniyi
Guide
Photo & Biography

Burcin Aksoy
Guide
Photo & Biography

Sultan AlHuwaimel
Guide
Photo & Biography

Lidia Astafeva
Guide
Photo & Biography

Juan du Solier
Guide
Photo & Biography

Barbara Ibarguengoitia
Guide
Photo & Biography

SuJin Kim
Guide
Photo & Biography

Irene Magistro
Guide
Photo & Biography

Mariam Mrevlishvili
Guide
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Brenna Schneider
Guide
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What are the expectations?

Global Village Guides are models of servant leadership, of teamwork and of self-restraint. Guides will have ample opportunity to model these traits to our Village Interns by accomplishing the following general responsibilities – mentoring, training, facilitating and coordinating. In addition, a guide has numerous complimentary roles which may include: Facilitator, Project Mentor, trip or recreational event staff leader. In order to be a successful guide you should plan to spend a minimum of 50-60 hours per week interacting with the GV Interns which may include some evening and weekend commitments.

GV alumni Guides and all international Guides reside in the dormitories with the interns. Resident Guides often have additional assigned tasks on evenings and weekends.

GV alumni Guides bring invaluable experience and perspective to the Guide position as they have been exactly where their interns are now. This ability to closely identify with their interns has advantages and disadvantages. Guides must be constantly alert to ensure that they maintain the proper professional distance; Guides are staff and represent the Iacocca Institute and Lehigh University at all times during their employment.

PROFILE of a GV GUIDE:

• a model of the global professional
• sensitive to gender, culture and national status in dealing with GV interns, alumni and visitors
• trustworthy advisor on interns GV goals and the activities which will enable those goals to be fulfilled
• committed to protecting a confidence
• proactive team player, who puts service to others above ego
• experienced and eager to share knowledge and life lessons, without imposing his own beliefs, values, or opinions
• open-minded and open-eared (an excellent listener)
• patient and compassionate
• sociable and even-tempered
• loyal, respectful, and supportive toward fellow team members
• aware of his own shortcomings and room for improvement
• recognizes her teammates and her own potential contribution to the fulfillment of the GV mission and vision
• preferably 30 years of age or older