Trainer: Sophia Gruner
Culture is one of the most important underlying factors that makes your business succeed or fail. Intercultural success depends on your ability to take cultural differences into account when it comes to (online) discussions and encounters where you want to convince and inspire effectively. However, if you work in different cultures, what you “know” (think you know) about your own culture can be your biggest pitfall. Because it is all too easy to make assumptions about other cultures.
Communicating across cultures requires:
The training Communicating Across Cultures combines experience and practical examples with recognized intercultural theory. It empowers you to be a more engaging, sensitive and successful communicator across cultures.
Explore the concepts of culture and their impact on business flow and success
Learn how to communicate successfully with people from other cultures and avoid your biggest pitfall, which is what you think you know.
Rethink your perspectives, be challenged to think and act differently when necessary. We promise you new insights through practical and enjoyable learning. You can even follow this training in Dutch, English or German!
Culture is special. Every intercultural communication challenge is unique. Contact us and we will organize a no-obligation click conversation.
Communicating Across Cultures is for you if…
Communicate Across Cultures will not only make you stronger and more self-confident. It will help people around you to learn from you as well. Cultivating intercultural awareness will lead to increased success in your collaborations, more satisfied employees and more creative ideas. It will differentiate you as a company, recognizing that cultural awareness is not a nice to have. In 2021 and beyond it is core business.
Once you’ve planted the seed of cross cultural awareness you will see an impact everywhere. In better leadership, better teamwork and better business interactions.
Introduction workshop: 2 hours
Training: one-half day
Expand the training: a full day or two half days
Sophia believes that anyone you meet can teach you something. And that works both ways. Because Sophia is an energetic and charismatic trainer and advisor. She likes to guide people in developing their intercultural communication skills. She is also a teacher at Fontys University of Applied Sciences in The Netherlands and an entrepreneur.
Are you looking for someone who knows the business world and the common pitfalls of international communication? Are you ready to develop your intercultural skills?