What Is Working Across Cultures?
It is no secret the world of business has continued to become more globalized, and cultures have, and will continue to intersect at a greater level. Therefore, becoming more culturally competent as individuals and organizations will be a competitive advantage. Cross-cultural misunderstandings can create many challenges in creating productive client relationships, communication, and cross-cultural employee retention.
Working Across Cultures is available in person at our training facility in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in a virtual training format, or onsite at your company anywhere in the country.
Who is it for?
What You Will Learn
Participants will learn why working across cultures matters, how it impacts their work, and the benefits of becoming more competent working across cultures. Cultural competence is a differentiator and key to success in a world that is globalized. Participants will be able to define their own values and practices, how it compares to other culture’s values and practices and identify key challenge areas for improving relationships and communication. In addition to, each participant will walk away with practical steps to increase their cultural competency and engage in cross-cultural communication and relationship building.
- Understanding my Own Culture. Participants will dissect their own cultural identity, values and beliefs becoming more self-aware setting the stage to better compare and contrast to other cultures. Participants will be exposed to some foundational models to think about culture in more wholistic and thoughtful ways.
- Understanding Other Cultures. With better self-awareness participants will dive into 10 different cultural scales including communication, trust, giving feedback, individualism, decision making, leadership, concept of time, persuading, and comfort with ambiguity.
- Moving Towards Cultural Competency. Bringing it all together, participants will utilize a model to recognize, appreciate, and adapt to the differences across cultures in order to communicate more effectively, and build better relationships, becoming increasingly culturally competent. Armed with cross-cultural competence participants will have the ability to navigate a cross-cultural world effectively.
Benefits of Working Across Cultures?
There are many benefits to bringing Working Across Cultures training into your workplace, such as:
Increased Retention: Increase retention within your organization by facilitating an environment where everyone appreciates, understands, and celebrates different cultures.
Expanded Workforce: Expand your workforce recruitment pool by becoming a more welcoming and understanding workplace to different cultures
Effective Communication: Increase your ability to communicate more effectively across cultures and increase effectiveness for international business relations.
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HRCI
This training offers 8 credits
SHRM
This training offers 8 credits
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In Person Training
Virtual Training
In Person Training Program Details
In person training takes place at the Frontline Training Solutions training center in Grand Rapids, MI. Class sizes are limited to 20 participants so that interaction and learning are maximized.
Cost: $485 per person
This training includes:
- 8 hours of training and activities
- Training workbook, templates, and tools
- Boxed breakfast and lunch, snacks, and drinks
Format: One 8-hour session delivered in person
Location: 1760 44th Street SW, Suite 10, Grand Rapids, MI 49519
If you have any questions, need help registering, or would like to be invoiced for this event, please contact: Alec McGuire, Training & Event Coordinator at (616) 608-9684 or Alec.McGuire@ExpressPros.com.
2022 Sessions
- October 21 | Friday | 8:00am – 5:00pm EST
2023 Sessions Coming Soon
Customized Training
We offer customized training, both in person and virtual, for teams across the country. If you’d like a customized training on Working Across Cultures for your team, contact us today.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
We cover the majority of cultural regions:
North America, South America, Central America, Europe, Eastern Europe, Middle East, Asia, Southeast Asia, Africa
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