Start working successfully with colleagues from many cultures!
Working in an international, culturally diverse team requires acquiring new skills – understanding how culture influences our work style, communication, approach to time, and hierarchy within the team. This is what we have been teaching at ETTA training courses for over a decade.
This practical training will provide you with tools that will help you gain confidence in your interactions more quickly, strengthen your professional relationships, and start building success in an international environment.
Who is this training for?
- specialists
- team leaders
- managers
who work in international teams and want to improve their intercultural competence.
What will you gain?
By joining the workshop, you will learn:
- to build relationships and trust with people from different cultures,
- to understand the differences in the approach to communication and adapt your messages to the other cultures,
- how the approach to time translates into everyday work and project management,
- to receive and provide feedback, taking into account the preferences of people from different cultures.
Training program
Module I
Approach to work in different cultures
- Cultural background – how does it impact cooperation?
- Stereotypes and biases – where do they come from and how can they impact my approach to my colleagues?
- Culture as an iceberg – values and beliefs versus behaviors – how to adapt a non-judgemental approach?
- Looking for what we have in common as a way to develop cross-cultural cooperation
- First impression – how to build it in an intercultural team?
- Different patterns of building relationship and trust across cultures
- Coconuts and peaches, trust and distrust cultures – how to understand and work with the approach of your colleagues to building relations
- Introduction to culture dimensions as ways to understand the impact of intercultural differences on business
Module II
Approach to communication in different cultures
- Timeliness or flexibility– what approach to time is expected in chosen cultures
- Power distance – approach to hierarchy in various cultures
- How best to approach your boss?
- What is considered „a job well done” across cultures?
- Formal e-mails, calls, written word – what to base our communication
- Cultural dimensions of communication: direct or indirect feedback, assertiveness, approach to conflict – examples from various cultures
- My communication style vs. other communication styles – high and low context
- How to speak to be listened to – preferred ways of presenting solutions in various cultures
Training details:
- Dates: 14-15 May 2026
- Time: 9:00 – 13:00 (CET)
- Format: Virtual workshop (online)
- Price: 1450 PLN net
- Certificate: All participants receive an official certificate of completion
- Bonus: Participants receive access to the ETTA knowledge base in the form of webinar recordings
- Bring a friend and you will both receive a 10% discount
Why join?
Learning to work with new cultures takes time, but with the right guidance, you can avoid common mistakes, gain clarity, and focus on building your success with awareness and confidence.
Join this workshop and take the shortcut to understanding Poland, working effectively, and feeling at home.
Can’t join on the proposed dates or not sure yet?
We understand schedules can be challenging. If you are interested in this training but cannot attend on the proposed dates, you can join our waiting list.
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- Be the first to know when registration opens.
- Secure your chance to participate without missing out.