How to communicate across different cultures to get the best results
This virtual workshop is aimed at professionals looking to improve how they work and communicate across cultures. You will learn how to be more competent and develop critical business skills to adapt to different cultural working styles. You’ll explore why culture matters and become more aware of your won assumptions and values, and how these can impact your perception of other people’s behaviours. You’ll map out cultural styles, access gaps and similarities, and look at how to bridge those differences.
At the session you will learn how to:
• Uncover how culture shapes our behaviour, communication and expectations
• Understand that we all have different styles and ways of seeing the world
• Evaluate cultural differences positively rather than judging negatively
• Identify ways to flex our style to make cross-cultural interactions more productive
• Improve how we communicate when working across cultures
Who should attend:
This session will benefit anyone interested in crossing the culture divide when dealing with customers, contractors, suppliers, importers, exporters – in fact generally in the workplace and beyond. If you want to create understanding, show empathy, respect nuance, ensure a balanced field when negotiating, and more, then this is for you.
Session leader:
Ben Massen is the founder and Chief Culture Fit Officer at Culture Fit Consulting Ltd with 16 years’ training, coaching and facilitation experience. Ben has developed thousands of professionals from over 60 countries, across diverse divisions and professions, to work, lead and communicate more effectively across cultures.
He is passionate about helping leaders and their teams cultivate a global mindset, develop inclusive systems and build necessary skills to achieve individual, team and organisational results. His expertise is sought after by global clients seeking to increase their teams’ performance, expand their global influence and thrive in multicultural teams. His programmes help professionals strengthen their cultural awareness, develop greater cultural competence and build intercultural tools.
Ben is a certified Intercultural trainer and coach, Hack Your Box for Inclusion Trainer, GlobeSmart Cultural Profile Assessor, NPL Practitioner, and Everything DiSC Consultant. He is also certified in Facilitation reviewing Skills & learning Transfer.
Date: Wed 8 December (Virtual)
Time: 9.30 -11am
It’s free to sign up and to attend and you can sign up here https://www.brightonchamber.co.uk/event/how-to-communicate-across-different-cultures-to-get-the-best-results
From Brighton with Love includes a series of events and support designed to help businesses through the EU transition and give them the confidence to embark on international trade.
This initiative is led by Brighton Chamber and supported by Brighton & Hove City Council with event partner Brighton & Hove Economic Partnership. Its aim is to provide Brighton area businesses with expertise that will see them through the EU Transition and beyond.
All sessions will be held virtually, are open to all, and are free to attend.
For more info see our Help with exporting and importing web page here