In today's global economy, many corporations operate across international boundaries. Some are even owned by people from different countries and cultures. In order to operate efficiently, especially at the management level, it is important for members of the management team to understand the differences in cultures. Keeping this motive in mind Apex understands the cultural and practical difficulties associated with cross culture and come up with various multicultural and cross-cultural team building activities, case examples and problem-solving activities which enable candidates to transfer learning to real life situations.
Key Objectives - Candidates will:
- Understand how improving cross-cultural awareness and skills impacts the bottom line
- Understand the fundamentals about culture, its elements and how they manifest
- Explore the gaps created by cultural differences and how to address them
- Learn to apply new skills and knowledge through case scenarios.
- The Cross Cultural workshops highlight how one must mould their presentation in order to accommodate for the cultural differences.
By way of illustrating some of the intercultural differences in presentations, these tips to effective cross cultural presentations are offered:
- Content – Expectations of certain cultures in respect to talking, statistics, visuals.
- Speech – The use of language, colloquialisms, tone, speed, etc.
- Listening – Signs of boredom or attentiveness in a cross cultural audience.
- Impact – Ways to maximise impact and the cultural acceptability of these approaches.
- Learning methods – Overview of the learning approaches adopted by different cultures.
- Decision making – The ways in which decision making works across cultures and impact upon presentations.
- Body language – The ways in which body language is used in different cultures.
- Gestures – A look at the use of gestures across cultures.
- Hand-outs – The uses or necessity of hand-outs in other cultures.
- Q&A’s – An analysis of the format of Q&A sessions and in which cultures they are expected.