$97intermediate

Managing Across Cultures

Name: Managing Across Cultures
Price: 97.00 USD
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Designed for supervisors and managers, this course provides easy-to-use techniques for communicating across cultures, building high-performing multicultural teams, managing diversity, and leveraging the global talent pool. Participants will develop the attitudes, knowledge, and practical skills needed to bridge cultural differences and foster an inclusive workplace.

14 lessons5 modules180 minutes

What you'll learn

Define what culture is and how it shapes the workplace
Identify how stereotypes shape our perception
Develop useful cross-cultural attitudes at both an individual and organizational level
Communicate effectively across cultures using verbal and non-verbal strategies
Effectively manage employees from different cultural backgrounds
Help teams overcome cross-cultural and virtual barriers using Tuckman's five stages of team development
Promote acceptance and awareness in your organization to create a multicultural environment
Leverage the global talent pool to strengthen workforce planning and talent management

What Is Culture? Culture shapes how you think, feel, and act every day—often in ways you don't even notice. Anthropologist Clyde Kluckhohn defined culture as *"patterned ways of thinking, feeling, and reacting, acquired and transmitted mainly by symbols,"* with its essential core consisting of traditionally derived ideas and the values attached to them. You belong to many social groups simultaneously—each with its own culture. These include your gender, ethnicity, nationality, religion, profession, industry, and organization. The combination of these group memberships affects every individual differently, which means that while cultural characteristics provide a useful starting point for understanding someone, they can never be applied uniformly to every member of that group. Culture in the Workplace As a manager, you already consider individual attributes—introversion vs. extroversion, learning styles—when leading your team. Culture is another critical lens. When an employee's cultural background differs significantly from your own, it may require additional patience and understanding on your part. Specific workplace elements that can vary across cultures include: The meaning of words like "yes" and "no" and when it's appropriate to use them Strictness of deadlines and urgency of time Customs around meetings Importance of preserving relationships and maintaining harmony Orientation toward the individual vs. the collective good Concepts of equality, fairness, and social hierarchy In-Groups and Out-Groups One of the core concepts of

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Managing Across Cultures

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Curriculum

What Is Culture?

Communicating Effectively Across Cultures

Team Building Across Cultures

Managing Across Cultures

Building a Multicultural Organization and the Global Talent Pool

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