Who is this training for?
For leaders and managers who manage cross-cultural projects and want to improve their competencies in this area.
Consult this training
What you will learn in the virtual workshop:
- how to adapt communication to employees from different cultures
- how to build a leader’s authority in an international team
- whether and how to involve employees in the decision-making process
- what is power distance, and how the role of a leader is perceived in different cultures
Advantages of the virtual training
- guarantee of interactive participation in training with the use of online engaging tools
- half-day workshops allow flexible organization of the workday
- relationships building with remote colleagues through joint participation in training
- participation in the workshop from anywhere, all you need is access to a computer
Virtual workshops program
Module I
Intercultural Projects
- Culture – how does it affect cooperation in a team?
- Culture as an iceberg – beliefs and values vs. behavior. How to adopt a non-judgmental attitude?
- Introduction to the dimensions of culture as a way to understand cross-cultural differences
- Ways to build relationships and trust across cultures – how does this translate into initiating a project?
- Power distance – approaches to hierarchy in different cultures.
- The role of the employee, the role of the boss – how does it affect the understanding of cooperation in a project team?
Module II
Teamwork Across Cultures
- Punctuality or flexibility – which approach to time and project planning is expected in selected cultures?
- Decision-making – when is a decision considered to have been made
- What is considered a “job well done” in different cultures
- My communication style vs. the styles of my colleagues from other cultures – high and low context
- Feedback – a constructive approach in both cultures
- What should be taken care of when giving feedback in a cross-cultural team? What appreciation do people from different cultures expect?
- Learner or judgmental approach – what principles are worth adopting in cross-cultural cooperation?
Project flow
Diagnosis and prework
- in-take interview with the project sponsor
- diagnosis of participants’ needs (online questionnaire and calls)
- prework for participants (material to watch, read or listen to)
Virtual workshops
- training divided into 2 workshops, 3,5 hours each
- interactive working methods: discussions, chat, virtual board, questionnaires, videos, case studies, breakout rooms, external tools (Mentimeter, Miro, Funretro)
- participants: up to 12 people
Summary and follow up
- training materials for participants
- access to the ETTA knowledge base
- follow up call with the project sponsor