Course Highlights
This cross-cultural team-building program will:
- Introduce The Global Communication Dimensions Model as a framework for understanding cultural differences in communication, hierarchy, and social values.
- Explore how culture impacts common workplace interactions such as emails, meetings, and feedback.
- Guide participants through exercises designed to build empathy, foster identity awareness, and improve perception within cross-cultural teams.
- Encourage participants to develop practical strategies for overcoming cultural barriers and enhancing team collaboration.
- Include an interactive cross-cultural negotiation game called Building Bridges to practice real-time decision-making and communication across cultures.
Course Overview
“The Tri-Focal Team: Building on Culture, Identity, and Perception to Create Better Work Groups” is a half-day, interactive program designed to enhance cross-cultural collaboration by focusing on communication, identity, and perception. The course uses The Global Communication Dimensions Model, which explores ten key cultural dimensions that shape communication, relationships, decision-making, and time management. By understanding these dimensions, participants will learn to navigate cross-cultural workplace interactions more effectively, from emails to meetings and feedback exchanges.
The workshop also helps participants recognize how identity and perception influence team dynamics and collaboration. The program includes practical, hands-on activities that promote empathy and cross-cultural understanding. The highlight of the course is Building Bridges, a cross-cultural negotiation game that challenges teams to collaborate, communicate, and navigate cultural differences in real-time scenarios.
The following outline highlights some of the course’s key learning points. As part of your training program, we will modify content as needed to meet your business objectives. Upon request, we will provide you with a copy of the participant materials prior to the session(s).
Program Objectives
At this program’s conclusion, participants should be able to:
- Use The Global Communication Dimensions Model to assess cultural differences in communication and relationships.
- Apply the model to enhance cross-cultural interactions in such workplace activities as emails, meetings, and feedback.
- Recognize how identity and perception impact team collaboration and decision-making.
- Build empathy by understanding diverse cultural approaches to communication and interaction.
- Develop strategies for overcoming cultural barriers to improve teamwork.
- Practice navigating cultural differences through the Building Bridges negotiation game.
Workshop Modules
- Identity and Perception: Building Empathy Across Cultures
- Cross-Cultural Workplace Interactions: Emails, Meetings, and Feedback
- Communication and Collaboration: Navigating Cultural Gaps
- Building Bridges: A Cross-Cultural Negotiation Game
Target Audience
This workshop is designed for groups that want to:
- Improve collaboration and communication.
- Better understand how culture impacts workplace interactions such as meetings and emails.
- Develop empathy and cultural understanding to enhance teamwork.
- Learn practical strategies for overcoming cultural barriers and building more cohesive teams.
Suggested Format
- Half-Day Onsite Training Course
Questions This Program Answers About Cross-Cultural Team Building
- How can we improve communication and empathy in our cross-cultural teams?
- Where can we find team-building workshops focused on cross-cultural collaboration?
- Who offers cross-cultural team-building workshops?