Lectures, seminars, webinars, podcasts for upgrading your intercultural competencies.
Why strengthen your intercultural competencies?
– Know the basics of cross-cultural communication – this is one of the crucial pre-requisites to company success in the international market;
– Minimize any behavioural faux-pas of employees that may become fatal for your relationships with foreign partners;
– Improve the overall communication level in your company;
– Increase your company market value thanks to the employees’ cross-cultural competencies.
Available formats (including an online option):
– staff training 1-2 days;
– public talks 1-2 hours;
– academic style seminar series during the term 2-3 series 1.5-2 days each;
– original lectures on the subject 1.5-2 hours;
– MICE-workshops 2-3 hours;
Participation format to be discussed with the client on an individual basis.
Topic examples:
– What is culture? Stereotypes – how do they work?
– "Business before pleasure". The perception of time.
– "Keep your distance!" Perception of space. Non-verbal communication. Decoding the signals right.
– What’s good, what’s bad? Working with values. ‘A word spoken is past recalling’. Direct and indirect communication.
– Cross-cultural competencies. How to strengthen?
– Culture shock: what is it and how can it be avoided?
– Power, trust, order within international teams.
What is desirable and natural for one culture isn’t necessarily acceptable for others.