An intensive professional development training course on
Developing Your Cultural Intelligence (CI)
& Leading in a Global Organisation
Communicate, Negotiate and Work Effectively
Why Choose this Training Course?
In today’s diverse workplace, the ability to work effectively across cultural divides is crucial for any leader, manager, or professional. Cultural Intelligence (CI) refers to the capability to relate to and work effectively with individuals from different cultural backgrounds. As culture plays a significant role in various fields—from leadership and management to engineering, finance, accounting, and marketing—high CI increases your chances of success in a globalized world.
Culture manifests in many forms, including national, regional, religious, occupational, organizational, age, and gender. Among these, national culture is particularly prominent and can significantly impact communication.
Cultural differences in communication can lead to major challenges, such as losing valuable business deals, failing in international negotiations, or facing intensified workplace conflicts. This engaging and practical course is structured as a masterclass, covering all facets of cultural intelligence and providing strategies to thrive in a multicultural environment. By participating, you'll gain the skills needed to navigate and excel in a diverse, globalized world.
This AZTech training course will feature:
- An understanding of Globalisation
- How to improve your Cultural Intelligence (CI)
- The latest knowledge about the seven major dimensions of culture
- Ways to improve your cross-cultural communication
- Best-practice in expatriate management
- Cross-Cultural Negotiation
What are the Goals?
By the end of this AZTech training, participants will be able to:
- Develop ability in working and relating effectively with people from different cultural backgrounds
- Understand the limits of their own CI and know how to improve it
- Describe the meaning of each of the cultural value dimensions
- List ways to minimise the barriers to cross-cultural communication
- Assess their own work and how to adjust it to apply CI
Who is this Training Course for?
This AZTech training is suitable for a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:
- All Leaders, Managers & Supervisors
- Anyone working in a Global Organisation
- Human resource (HR) Professionals
- Marketing & PR Specialists
- Any professional who needs to develop their Cultural Intelligence (CI)
- Expatriates working on global assignments or those who manage expatriates
How will this Training Course be Presented?
How will this Training Course be Presented?
This AZTech training course will utilise a variety of proven adult learning techniques to ensure maximum understanding, comprehension and retention of the information presented. This training course will be offered in a culturally sensitive way.
The training course is very participatory and experiential. It involves a lot of skill practice in a group setting. Training methodology includes individual, and group activities will intersperse the sessions. A variety of practical sessions, topical case studies and group interaction are programmed into this training course.
The Course Content
Day One: Understanding Culture & Globalisation
- Where culture comes from and why it matters
- Understanding Globalisation
- Your own cultural map
- The seven levels of culture (National, Workplace, Gender, Age, Regional, Religious, Occupation)
- The Hofstede five cultural value dimensions
Day Two: Communicating Across Cultures
- Why communication differences and barriers occur
- How to remove barriers to communication
- Stereotypes and stereotyping explored
- Non-verbal communication (body-language) and culture
- Workplace culture and the impact on organisational communication
Day Three: Cross-Cultural Negotiation
- The basics of negotiation
- Cultural differences in negotiation
- Overestimating and underestimating cultural differences in negotiation
- Negotiation traps to avoid
- Developing your cross-cultural negotiation skills
Day Four: Managing Expatriate Workers and Inclusion
- International assignments and global career development
- Why international assignments fail
- Culture shock and global working
- The business case for diversity and inclusion
- Establishing a Nationalisation Programme
Day Five: Developing a Global Mindset
- Innovation and culture
- Developing a global mindset
- How to improve your CI
- Managing in multi-national organisations
- Personal Action Planning
The Certificate
- AZTech Certificate of Completion for delegates who attend and complete the course
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