About CAL Learning

Our mission is to help learners develop the cultural and linguistic competence to participate fully, successfully and happily in a multicultural workplace.

Since 2004, CAL Learning has helped thousands of executives, managers and employees improve their skills in cultural competency and cross-cultural communication.

Our programs develop employees who can communicate effectively and deal appropriately with colleagues and customers from different backgrounds. These goals directly relate to bottom line issues such as productivity, employee retention and customer satisfaction.

Our Clients

Partial client list includes:

Chemical

Pharma/Biotech

Healthcare and Education

Technology and Consumer Products

Lauren Supraner

Lauren Supraner is the founder and president of CAL Learning, an intercultural communication training and consulting company. She works with multicultural organizations to maximize and leverage their diverse talent. Lauren has over 25 years’ experience in culture and language training, assessment and program development. An avid traveler, Lauren has lived and worked in Thailand and Japan. She holds an MA in TESOL from Columbia University. Connect with Lauren on LinkedIn.

“I have always been fascinated and enamored with languages and cultures, and how people communicate with and within them. With this focus, I have devoted my entire professional career to helping people communicate better across cultures, by developing both their language skills and cultural competency.”

What We Believe

In communication, very little of the message is conveyed through vocabulary and grammar. Most of the message is conveyed through the ways people say what they do. How you say it is deeply tied to cultural identity.

CAL Learning programs are based on the principle that to successfully work with different cultures you should know:

1) What is the most effective communication style for interacting in this culture?
What is the best way to get my message across, both spoken and written?
What interactional skills do I need to apply?

2) What are the cultural roots that created this communication style?
Why do they communicate like they do?

Through CAL Learning programs, learners develop practical intercultural communication skills for workplace and daily living.

Lauren is a passionate English-teaching expert well suited for teaching and improving many aspects of spoken English that are critical to communication, especially for ESL speakers like me. When taking her classes, I received highly targeted and effective advice and feedback helping my progress both in class and after. As a result, my verbal communication skill's improvement has been remarkable… Truly a fantastic teacher.

J. J. Clinical Development and Regulatory Affairs Pharmaceutical Industry

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