Today most executives and managers need to have an international business and cross-cultural perspective. Global Competence includes 50 training activities and self-development exercises to prepare your personnel for international assignments, and develop better understanding of cross-cultural communication.
Compiled by a team of experts from around the world, these ready-to-use activities have been tested and refined for a wide variety of international businesses and organizations. They are ideal for both preparing people to work, market, negotiate, and otherwise do business with people in Asia, Latin America, and Europe and to prepare foreign nationals for working in the U.S. Includes a CD-ROM with reproducible handouts and resources.
Selected Contents
Icebreakers:
• Coups & faux pas
• See differences and similarities
• Celebrations
• Silent interview
Culture general activities:
• Working with unfamiliar surroundings
• Who am I? Who are you?
• Response to difference scale
• Cultural awareness through self-reflection
• Building with difference
Communication:
• Communication continuum
• Mixed messages
• Conducting the intercultural meeting
• Networking across cultures
• Describe and draw
• What is it? What is it for/
Culture-Specific Activities:
• Global management skills
• Cross-cultural dialogues
• Values and behaviour patterns
Language and Interpretation:
• Life in another language
• Interpreting: Your turn
• Leadership & team development
• How do you trust?
• My most frustrating culture clashSix key aspects of international business contact
• Cultural self-awareness in leadership teams
• Expatriate role analysis
• The cross-cultural forum
• Dimensions of culture in organizations
