Globalization opens up many new opportunities for companies. To take advantage of them, you need to adapt to the framework conditions of the respective countries, markets and cultures. Because: different countries, different customs. If cultural uniqueness is not taken into account, this has a direct impact on productivity and sales. Did you know that?
- international projects require about 20 percent more time,
- 70 percent of all mergers fail due to a lack of understanding of the other corporate culture,
- insufficient preparation costs up to 40 percent more time than planned,
- every second cross-border project generates unnecessary conflicts due to cultural misunderstandings and causes additional difficulties, costs or time.
The most frequent questions, misunderstandings or differences occur in particular due to a different understanding of leadership or roles: in conflict situations, meeting and project management, communication and dealing with time and commitment.
I offer customized trainings, individual coaching as well as practical management tools that help you to plan and manage cross-border tasks efficiently. Many exercises and examples serve as visualization – with a view to successfully securing the implementation of your international goals.
Target Groups:
- Employees or teams for preparation/accompaniment on a foreign assignment
- Domestic employees with new cross-border responsibilities or contacts
- Foreign managers/teams working at headquarters in Germany or with German partners
“The world is getting smaller, your opportunities are getting bigger. If you understand global markets, you can profit from them.”
Topic Intercultural Competence for Business
Cross-location cooperation and networking of employees is standard today. Benefit from my many years of experience in developing competence in the field of intercultural management.
Please choose your personal focus from the following:
Basis
Intercultural Competence for Business - Entry Training Regardless of Country
Specialists and managers, as well as teams, learn how they can quickly collaborate and communicate effectively across borders with customers, service providers or colleagues. The course teaches a methodology for developing thinking and acting skills that are independent of national borders. This allows you to explain and understand approximately 80 percent of cultural differences in business and take them into account in your strategy.
Intercultural Leadership
Country-independent basic training for managers who work in an intercultural and international context, lead multicultural departments or go abroad for some time to take on management tasks. In addition to intercultural competence, the fundamentals of intercultural leadership, communication, conflict resolution and the development of diversity potential are taught.
Intercultural Communication
Special training to directly improve communication skills in intercultural situations and to better understand other communication styles. The fundamentals of different cultural communication styles as well as methods to communicate successfully across cultures are taught. Not only conversational situations examined, but telephone etiquette, writing e-mails, negotiating, and managing teams and meetings too.
Special topics
Intercultural Coaching
This involves very intensive support for individuals or teams in international tasks such as taking on new cross-border management tasks, leading multicultural teams in project management, resolving conflicts in these teams or preparing for foreign assignments. The goal is to ensure effective implementation of tasks and achievement of objectives.
Intercultural Team Development
You learn how to develop multicultural teams and improve their cooperation. Based on a diversity concept, you will work on increasing performance, motivation and a sense of belonging as well as developing diversity potential.
Intercultural Conflict Management
Special training for early recognition of areas of conflict in an intercultural context and for appropriate preventive action. The critical points at which conflicts often arise in intercultural situations are highlighted. Appropriate attitudes, tools and models are conveyed in order to solve conflicts in a culturally appropriate manner, which is especially suitable for change processes and any associated conflict potentials.