LEADING INTERNATIONAL TEAMS

Now more than ever, there is greater opportunity for international collaboration for global and virtual teams. The benefits are apparent, but it also creates frustrations, conflicts, and the challenges of dealing daily with individuals from different cultures. Managing International Teams has been designed to help you understand your international counterparts and colleagues more efficiently, allowing you to select and deploy some of the elements of their cultures to maximize teamwork and strengthen group performance and coordination.
 
This course is usually a one-day course, but we can also offer a more flexible format to accommodate the needs of your organization. Featuring interactive exercises, participants will engage in robust discussions that challenge their current thinking about cultures. Participants will have opportunities to meet other members from diverse countries sharing their challenges, insights, and best practices. The most appropriate training format, content, and approach for your Managing International Teams course will be designed according to your needs.

THE BENEFITS OF THE MANAGING INTERNATIONAL TEAMS COURSE

This course will provide you with:
  • A greater awareness of the values, attitudes, and behaviors of different cultures
  • Ways to communicate more effectively both face-to-face and virtually with colleagues from other cultures
  • Benefits from the different ideas and approaches of team members from other cultures
  • The ability to plan and coordinate working in cross-cultural teams
  • ​Ways to manage cross-cultural conflict with greater success

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

This course will be of benefit to anyone who:
  • Has a global function within their organization?
  • Regularly manages international teams
  • Manages or collaborates with team members from different cultures

COURSE CONTENT

Managing International Teams courses are designed to meet the specific needs of our clients depending on their specific requirements and existing skills set. A Managing International Teams course typically includes:
  • Cross-cultural issues at work
  • Benefits and challenges of cross-cultural team working
  • Cross-cultural values and attitudes within organizations
  • Working practices and styles
  • Strategies for international team building
  • Organizational culture and the concept of a “third culture”
  • Strategies and solutions for successful teamwork
  • Achieving successful communication within your team
  • English as the language of international communication
  • How to cope with the challenges of virtual communication