About Us

"Bob's message is timely, appropriate, and necessary for staying ahead of the curve.  I would highly recommend him if you’d like your business to thrive in the flatter world of the 21st Century."

                                    Michael Sunnarborg, Training and Development Manager for offshore Fortune 50 retailer

Bob Manning

Bob Manning is the founder and principle owner of Global Perspective.  His experience creating and conducting customized seminars for multinational corporations led to the development of a seminar series, Making Connections.  This series was designed to meet the need of a Minneapolis-based Fortune 50 retailer that wanted their employees to see the world from a different perspective and gain the knowledge needed to be global leaders.  He teaches in the United States and overseas, most recently at an American corporation's offshore facility in Bangalore, India. 

Having also spent 15 years teaching World Geography, Mr. Manning acts as a bridge between the business community and the future workforce.  He holds a Masters in Teaching from the University of St. Thomas and a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from St. John’s University.  He serves on the Business School Advisory Board for Rasmussen College, is a Board Member of Minnesota International Center, and is an active member of the Minnesota Alliance for Geographic Education based at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota.  Manning is a certified Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI) consultant, able to administer and interpret the IDI.

Craig Storti

Craig Storti has over twenty-five years of experience training businessmen and women, diplomats, civil servants, and foreign aid workers in understanding and working effectively with people from other cultures and diverse backgrounds. As a trainer and consultant, Mr. Storti has advised Fortune 500 companies on international joint ventures and expat/repat issues, led cross-cultural workshops for international agencies and organizations on four continents, and assisted numerous corporations and government agencies to better manage global teams and a culturally diverse workforce.

Mr. Storti has also written a number of books, including Speaking of India:  Bridging the Communication Gap When Working With Indians, and Americans At Work:  A Guide to the Can-Do People.  He has also been published in a number of national magazines and major newspapers, including The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, and the Chicago Tribune. He has lived nearly a quarter of his life abroad and speaks French, Arabic, and Nepali.

Global Perspective’s purpose is to provide context to a world that has become more complex and is yielding connections to more people and places than ever before.

Business in the global economy is dependent on the natural and human resources which determine the advantages and disadvantages of one location over the other.  Knowledge of the world helps us relate to the people from other cultures that work beside us, purchase our products, or affect our lives in countless other ways. 

Contact Information:

manning@globalperspective.info
651-439-0765