Bridging the gaps
Cross cultural awareness is a skill that more and more companies are judging to be vital for business success. One way to develop these skills is in the form of a workshop in the subject. Our workshops in Cultural Awareness are typically 1-2 days long but this can be adjusted in line with organisational needs and goals. The aim of these workshops is to improve level of understanding and tolerance for the participants and increase productivity across cultural borders for the organisation. The workshop is, as far as possible, hands-on as participants analyse and reflect over their own cultural experiences at work.
Typically, a workshop looks at the following areas:
- What is culture?
- A model for understanding cultural difference
- How national values affect work behaviours
- Attitudes to people
- Attitudes to power
- Culture and communication
- Strategies for analysing cultural differences
- Strategies for bridging the cultural gap