What does it take to optimize cultural diversity to create top perfoming teams? Are you in a leadership role in an international organization? You recognize that the global workplace presents exciting business opportunities as well as inevitable stumbling blocks. You may have also experienced miscommunications, tensions and frustrations due to cultural gaps within your team. How can you make sure that your team is able to optimally benefit from the collective wisdom and expertise of all of its members?
Create a Successful International Team As a leader, it's your responsibility to align a wide range of world views with achieving the goals of your organization. You need to cultivate self-awareness and new skills in order to lead a successful international team. Are you ready for the challenge?
Use the Power of Diversity The Leading Culturally Diverse Teams Program asks the question: How can you create a thriving team, which performs better because of its cultural diversity? The key is to leverage our differences to create our own team culture of respect and inclusiveness.
For who ? This is a 4-day (2 X 2 days) program for individuals who are responsible for an international group of direct reports: project leaders, team managers, department heads, BU directors etc.
Participation in the Leading Culturally Diverse Teams Program gives you the opportunity to:
Understand and identify different cultural preferences and how they influence perception.
Practice active listening.
Increase awareness of physical and vocal presence and rapport in communication.
Strategically use discussion and dialogue techniques in interactions.
Explore different interpretations of trust and its role in cross-cultural collaborations.
Be able to recognize clashing cultural values in team conflicts, and identify common ground for bridging gaps of understanding.
Practice dealing effectively with anxiety driven behaviors.
