Patrick McDonaldCoach

Patrick McDonald moved to China in 1998 and has been training companies since 2004. His trainings are illustrated with stories and anecdotes from his experience that bring the interaction alive for his trainees, while also tailoring the training to the specific needs of the trainees and company. 
Patrick holds an MBA specializing in International Business and a Project Management Professional (PMP) certification from the Project Management Institute, as well as a Lean Six Sigma certification. He studied Organizational/Industrial Psychology, Cultural Anthropology and East Asian Studies at Loyola University – Chicago.
Patrick most recently worked as an Operation Director for a training company and managed a multinational team from Australia, Britain, China, Singapore,  and the USA. 

His stress and focus has always been the increases in productivity and performance through the encouragement and structure of continuous improvement and sharing of ideas. In an era of distributed, international teams, effective and efficient use of international leadership & management professional best practices is essential.  
Patrick has used his experience of living in China to effectively use communicate across cultures as to strategies for enhancing living and working experiences for himself and his teams in projects that range from small internal departmental policy changes to implementing companywide IT/IS deployments. His experience in a diverse range of industries over the past 20 years has given him unique insights in expressing his training thoughts clearly, concisely, and specifically in culturally appropriate ways.