Intercultural Training
Bespoke Cultural Awareness Training For Organisations And Individuals Working Across Borders
What Type of Training Are you Looking for?
Developing Intercultural Competence
Developing your intercultural competences will equip you for working as an international manager or project leader.
Whether you are preparing for an international assignment or managing a cross-cultural team at home, intercultural skills are a must when working across cultures.
You will learn how to:
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communicate effectively in the international arena
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build relationships and trust across cultures
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give feedback in a culturally sensitive way
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develop your cultural awareness and sensitivity
Developing Intercultural Competence can be booked as a 1-1 or group training for a full or half day, online or face-to-face.
All my training courses can be adapted to suit your company and individual needs.
Working in the UK
Do you need to prepare for working with the British?
Maybe you are about to move to the UK, or you have already experienced some dilemmas while working with the British and would like to get to the bottom of them!
This country-specific training considers work practices in multicultural working environments but focuses mainly on living and working in the UK.
In this training you will learn about:
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The British mindset
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Life in the UK – practical tips and tricks
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Common business practices
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Communicating with the Brits
Working in the UK coaching can be booked as 1-1 coaching for a half day or 2 x 2-hour sessions online or face-to-face.
All my training courses can be adapted to suit your company and individual needs.
The International Profiler
If you are working cross-culturally on a regular basis, you may want to develop your intercultural competences with an international psychometric tool called The International Profiler.
Created by Worldwork, this tool is based on 22 dimensions that will help you develop the competencies you already possess and encourage you to try different skills and strategies when working across cultures.
The International Profiler helps you develop the followinging:
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Giving feedback across cultures
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Communicating effectively
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Creating synergy from diversity
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Building resilience
The International Profiler consists of a questionnaire and feedback via a 1-1 coaching session or as part of any intercultural training program.
My training courses can be adapted to suit your company and individual needs.
Repatriation Support
To manage expats successfully, companies should follow the three practices that make the assignments work from beginning to end:
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they set clear strategic objectives for the assignment abroad
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they make sure that candidates have cross-cultural skills to match their technical abilities
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and they prepare people to make the transition back to their home offices
Did you know that 50% of repats quit their job within the first year of return as they don’t feel challenged or valued enough? And many accompanying partners have to reinvent their careers on return.
Using THE REPAT FORMAT, I can assist you to nurture your expat talent by guiding them home. The three-way strategy is simple – it assists the company, the repat and the repat’s family.
Repatriation support can be booked as 1-1 coaching for a half day or 2 x 2-hour sessions online or face-to-face.
My training courses can be adapted to suit your company and individual needs.
“When I got back, I found I was no longer a round peg in a round hole, but a square peg trying to find a hole that didn’t seem to be there at all.”
The Art of Coming Home by Craig Storti
Cross-Cultural Teams
Are you working in an international team and looking for ways to improve team spirit and communication between team members? Maybe attitudes to time, communication and deadlines are different concepts. Have you ever asked yourself WHY?
My cross-cultural team training helps you to:
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Create a framework for recognising differences and synergies
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Achieve a greater awareness of individual and team strengths
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Become more aware of cross-cultural communication styles
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Draw up a new team charter with agreed ways of working together
Cross-Cultural Teams training can be booked as a 1-1 or group training for a full or half day, online or face-to-face.
All my training courses can be adapted to suit your company and individual needs.
Managing the International Classroom
Calling all college and university lecturers! Are you dealing with international students? Are your instructions sometimes misunderstood? Would you like to improve collaboration in the classroom?
This training provides you with a toolkit to:
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Communicate effectively across cultures in an educational setting
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Achieve higher participation & optimal learning outcomes
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Encourage students to bring more of their authentic selves to the classroom
Bridge the gap between cultures & create synergy from the diversity
Managing the International Classroom can be booked as a 1-1 or group training for a full or half day, online or face-to-face.
All my training courses can be adapted to suit your company and individual needs.
Meet Me
My name is Vanessa and I am a trainer and coach, helping professionals to work more effectively across cultures.
My training is in person or virtual, one-to-one or in groups.
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Creating Synergy from Diversity
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I also have other key courses also available:
Joint Intercultural and English Language Training
Language and global mindset training for International executives
English Language Training
Communication skills for international professionals
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If you want to know how your company can improve its global profile and skilfully manage its global talent get in touch.