90-minute webinar
This interactive session focuses on three key cultural dimensions that influence our business relationships and management styles. Setting up and conducting effective meetings, negotiations, or implementing change may all be very different matters, depending on the cultural values and habits of the parties.
Prerequisite: having attended the introductory session on ‘Understanding cultural difference’.
Learning Objectives
- Understand the key cultural dimensions of our relationships to time, to rules, and to risk
- Appreciate their impact on daily business situations
- Reflect on personal preferences and their impact on current relationships and work environments
- Build a personal action plan to implement learning in the workplace
Workshop information
Webinar overview
1. Introduction
- Objectives and agenda
- Quick review of culture and cultural dimensions
- The value of being able to understand key cultural dimensions
2. Relationship to time
- The cultural dimension of our relationship with time
- Implications for meetings
- Experience-sharing and individual challenges
3. Relationship to rules
- The cultural dimension of our relationship with rules
- Implications for negotiations and work process
- Self-evaluation and individual challenges
4. Relationship to risk taking
- The cultural dimension of our relationship with risk
- Implications for decision-making and change management
- Self-reflection and sharing
5. Action plan and next steps
- Summary of key learning points
- Reflection and sharing of next steps
