We help develop intercultural skills and become culturally competent in a complex international world. Our culture training will ensure you are equipped with the practical tools and techniques necessary to live and work in a cross cultural environment.
Cultural awareness training for organizations:
As globalization changes the way organizations operate and their employees communicate, it is becoming increasingly common for staff in one country to be regularly dealing with colleagues, clients or suppliers in another country, over the telephone, by email, via video-conference, or face-to-face.
The lack of cultural awareness preparation has many levels of impact - from an embarrassing moment to a breakdown in inter-company communication to a lost deal or accord. The price of inadequate cultural awareness is easily avoided by attending one of Cross Cultural Assimilation Institute culture training programs.
Cultural training for relocation:
For organizations with operations outside their home countries, it is increasingly the norm to assign employees overseas. Having someone on the ground thousands of miles away from the home base can be an effective way of establishing new networks, increasing business opportunities and raising company profits. For the international assignee, such international opportunities can be challenging and exciting, offering the opportunity to work with new colleagues, on new projects, and in different cultural environments.
However, even the best technical and professional knowledge and skills may not be able to deal with the impact of the hidden cultural challenges on such assignments. To do business successfully, international assignees must be able to understand the host-country way of doing things such as different ways of interacting and communicating, different approaches to managing, authority and teamwork—to name but a few! A lack of cultural awareness, at professional and social levels, can lead to major miss-communication, misunderstanding and, ultimately, rejection by host-culture colleagues, clients, acquaintances and neighbors, not only for the employee but for their family as well. These cultural challenges and experiences of culture shock can be equally prevalent when returning to the home country after several years’ living and working in another country and culture.
Country specific Cross Cultural Training:
Country Specific and Skill Specific courses. If there is not a course listed there that matches your needs then let us know as we design all courses from scratch and could certainly assist you.
Courses available but not limited to:
Understanding the Mexican Culture, Understanding the French Culture, Understanding the Culture of the USA, Understanding the German Culture, Understanding the Canadian Culture.....
Culture & Business
Examining how, why and where culture impacts upon businesses and people
Examining cross cultural stereotypes
Theoretical and practical cross cultural models and examples
Steps to effective cross cultural communication
Communicating
Beliefs, culture, values, ethics, customs and national character
Speech styles
Building effective interpersonal relationships
Communication – verbal and non-verbal
Social etiquette and protocol
Doing Business
Linguistic differences
Business – features, traditions and ethics
Comparative analysis of American and British business practices
Business etiquette and protocol
Business entertaining
Negotiations
Cross cultural management and leadership styles
Intercultural team building
Decision making and consensus building