On completion of this program, your teams will:
- Enhance self-awareness and understanding of others.
- Understand differences in behaviors based on cultural values and beliefs.
- Gain cultural competencies and manage differences in the team.
- Create synergy from diverse perspectives and talents when working cross-culturally.
- Improve trust, rapport, and communication when working with cross-cultural teams.
- Improve communication and avoid misunderstandings in a cross-cultural setting.
- Manage conflicts based on cultural differences constructively.
- Increase team performance and productivity.
Program outline
Our collaborative workshops offer cross-cultural training to understand cultural differences and their impact on collaboration, productivity, and business. Through interactive activities, participants will develop an understanding of what cultural differences mean when collaborating, building, and executing strategies. The workshop aims to improve collaboration across cultures and nationalities so that participants have a greater awareness of the impact of culture on personal behavior and communication styles and learn how to handle any future challenges that may arise due to cultural differences.
- Understanding the impact of cultural differences on collaboration
- Exploring cultural differences using academic models of Hofstede, Lewis, and Meyer
- Misunderstandings through different use of language
- Collaboration and conflict management in cross-cultural teams
Coaching (optional): We offer individual or team coaching as a follow-up to help implement new learnings and develop strong cultural competencies. Our cultural competencies coaching is an individualized, confidential process that supports individuals or teams in developing cultural competencies and cross-cultural communication and strengthening relationships with professional guidance, providing a safe space to share thoughts and discuss challenges.
Who should attend?
Who should attend?
Teams, leaders, and managers of cross-cultural teams who want to leverage cultural diversity in their organization or are planning to take an Expatriate role and want to create stronger relationships and cross-cultural communication and problem-solving skills.
Program facilitator
Dr. Mandy Zimmermann has long years of experience in corporate management in
the area of quality assurance and has been developing interdisciplinary and cross-cultural teams on 4 different continents. Being an ICF-certified coach and facilitator with a background in engineering and science, she understands the challenges and needs of our clients as an organization, team, or individual.
As the Chief Operations Officer of the Zarghami & Zimmermann Corporate Consulting Group, Dr. Mandy Zimmermann helps our clients develop human capital programs that are tailored to their unique situations. In our training programs, she helps our clients to build and keep a structure in a fast-growing environment, focus on objectives while considering the big picture, increase productivity and efficiency in teams, and master communication and collaboration throughout the organization.
