OVERVIEW
An interactive training workshop designed to help multi-cultural teams work more effectively.

TARGET LEARNERS
Newly forming or current teams.

PERFORMANCE NEEDS
Learners will need to develop a shared understanding of key areas in which attitude and assumptions concerning communication, work, leadership, team working and relationship-building (amongst other things) differ between countries, as well as practical behaviour strategies for anticipating, recognising and reconciling cross-cultural misunderstandings with team colleagues.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
The workshop aims to:

• raise sensitivity to the importance of considering cultural issues during professional or business contacts with the team member from other cultures;
• raise awareness of what each individual (and culture) may bring to the team environment;
• explore practical strategies for anticipating and overcoming cross-cultural misunderstandings;
• introduce some generic strategies for developing effective team working;
• provide an opportunity for the team members to work together on a shared task and so enhance team integration;
• provide an opportunity for the team members to define their collective objectives and explore strategies for achieving these objectives.

Workshop
Morning

• Introduction and objectives (10 minutes)
• Activity 3.10: Spelling out my name (25 minutes)
• Activity 1.11: Culture – yes or no? (25 minutes)
• Activity 2.4: Exploring group perspectives (45 minutes)
• Activity 3.5: What do they need to know about us?
• Run in two mono-cultural groups (60 minutes)
• Activity 6.4: What is a team? (45 minutes)

• Activity 3.9: The sound of silence (10 minutes)
• Activity 6.6: Team function questionnaire (60 minutes)
• Activity 6.2: Appling values (90 minutes)
• Activity 6.5: The cross-cultural team charter (60 minutes)
• Activity 9.1: Learning action plan (15 minutes)
• Summary

• a greater understanding of why culture is important at work;
• an enhanced awareness of the impact of culture in German/British work environments;
• strategies for anticipating, recognising and resolving cultural challenges, both within the team and beyond. The team as a whole will leave the workshop with:
• a shared awareness of the need to overcome cultural barriers and profit from the diverse experiences and backgrounds of team members;
• more clearly developed goals and an understanding of effective strategies for reaching these goals

Booking A Course:

To book this course, please click the button below to complete the Train’d Up booking form, telephone one of our advisors on 0845 6029 665 or e-mail enquiries@traindup.org.