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Cross-Cultural  Awareness(CCC1/2)

This Cross-Cultural communication course aims at creating awareness and building a solid foundation from which to develop understanding, flexibility and respect as a first step towards effective long-term international cultural cooperation. It suggests strategies for communicating more effectively across national borders. This course is a must for anyone who wishes to interact across cultures.

USA: Beyond Technical Competence (CCUS12)

This is a course on how to be highly effective when working with US companies. International employees who now work or are going to work in the United States can be thrown off course by the unwritten expectations and customs of the US workplace. In this results-oriented course, participants will be given practical strategies and material which will allow them to adapt to the American work and living culture.

Cross-Cultural Negotiations(CCN6)

Building relationships with your counterparts from other cultures has rewards and risks. One of the biggest risks is not understanding the expectations of your global clients. When and how do they want to be approached? When do you need a significant amount of small talk and when do you get straight to the point? How can you tell if you are wasting your time or if you are getting somewhere? In this course, participants will acquire the knowledge and skills necessary for them to be more effective internationally. This program will be tailored to the audience.

Cross-Culture for NGO's(CCD11)

This course was specifically designed for persons who are being relocated to countries in the 3^rd. World and who face the challenges characteristic to such areas.

After the first module which deals in detail with cross-cultural sensitization and awareness, participants are confronted with other important issues such as Culture Shock, Cultural adaptation, integration into new environments, cultural empathy, etc. Also taken as an integral part of the course are the country’s specific historical, social and economic realities.

Capitalizing on Cultural Diversity in the Workplace(CCM9B)

Strengthen team skills in a diverse environment. (The program can be customized for finance, technology, engineering or other business areas.) You work in a diverse team with members coming from many different countries and backgrounds. How do you all work together effectively? How do you communicate, share ideas, handle conflicts? And how do you integrate cultural influences and differing perspectives? In this interactive course, participants will learn and model best practices for creating and sustaining an effective, innovative and diverse team 

Cross-Culture and Management(CCM9)

Today’s cross-cultural  work force presents managers with both challenges and opportunities. To be able to capitalize on the strengths of different cultures, managers must be able to understand and communicate effectively with employees born and raised in other countries. By acquiring specific skills and knowledge, decision-makers can substantially improve cross-cultural communication as well as efficiency, morale and productivity.

Cross-Cultural Team-Building(CCM8)

How to work effectively and efficiently with culturally diverse co-workers. In your company, you work with employees from all over the world in a fast-paced environment. To be effective, you need to understand how your culturally diverse co-workers think, what they expect from you and the company, and how to communicate with them so everything gets done.

Cultural Globalization(CG1)

A course on strategic, tactical and cultural components of working effectively with global projects and international colleagues and clients. You need to communicate with colleagues, customers, or suppliers in Europe, Latin America, or the Pacific Rim. You may be a member of an international project team. Next month, you might be flying to Singapore and Shanghai. How do you strengthen your global skills so you will be more effective internationally? In this course, participants will be given immediately useful strategies and information which will make them more effective internationally.

Cross-Cultural Human Resource Management(CCM9)

           How to successfully manage employees in a diverse and fast-paced workplace. Today’s diverse work force presents managers with both challenges and opportunities. To be able to capitalize on the strengths of different cultures, managers must be able to understand and communicate effectively with employees born and raised in other countries. By acquiring specific skills and knowledge, decision-makers can substantially improve cross-cultural communication as well as efficiency, morale and productivity.

Relocation and Culture  Shock(CCS10)

Culture-Shock is a perfectly normal psychological, attitudinal and even physical reaction to unfamiliar environments. In this course we deal headfront with the challenges that bring about moving to a new country. This country may be just across the border or on the other side of the world.  No-one is immune to culture-shock. It is a total immersion phenomenon and you need to be prepared for it. The good news is that there is a “treatment” and a “cure”.   Taken into account in this course are also the the basics of corporate culture and how to tackle corporate culture shock.

Course DEMO Slide-Show

Here you can see the highlights of the basic Cross-Cultural course.

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