Course : Managing a multicultural and international team

Practical course - 2d - 14h00 - Ref. MCI
Price : 1590 CHF E.T.

Managing a multicultural and international team




This course helps you become aware of cultural differences and their impact on managerial practices. You'll learn to decode the main types of culture and behavior, and to anticipate and manage misunderstandings caused by cultural differences and stereotypes.


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In person or remote class
Available in English on request

Ref. MCI
  2d - 14h00
1590 CHF E.T.




This course helps you become aware of cultural differences and their impact on managerial practices. You'll learn to decode the main types of culture and behavior, and to anticipate and manage misunderstandings caused by cultural differences and stereotypes.


Teaching objectives
At the end of the training, the participant will be able to:
Understand the cultural specificities of each team member
Analyze cultural differentiation factors
Choosing oral and written communication strategies adapted to multicultural contexts
Unite the team around common objectives
Handling difficult management situations linked to cultural differences

Intended audience
All managers regularly involved in international business relations.

Prerequisites
Experience in team management desirable.

Practical details
Hands-on work
Self-diagnosis, fun quizzes, role-playing. Action plan based on progress points identified.

Course schedule

1
Understanding the impact of culture on management situations

  • Define the notions of culture and intercultural management.
  • Identify the specificities of intercultural relations.
  • Impact of cultural differences on team management.
Hands-on work
Identifying and classifying the difficulties faced by managers from different cultures. Fun quiz.

2
Deciphering major cultural and behavioral typologies

  • Major cultural trends around the world.
  • The four axes of Hofstede, founder of intercultural management.
  • Other factors of cultural differentiation: relationship with environment, power, space, time.
  • Identify factors of cultural differentiation: hierarchical relationship, to the individual, to the community...
Hands-on work
Analysis of different management attitudes according to managers' cultural backgrounds. Self-diagnosis.

3
Communicating effectively in a multicultural context

  • Habits and frame of reference.
  • Implicit and explicit communication, verbal and non-verbal, stereotypes and consequences, etc.
  • Written and oral intercultural communication.

4
The specificities of working with a multicultural team

  • Identifying points of convergence and divergence.
  • Definition of common objectives.
  • Time evaluation/consensus building.
Hands-on work
Joint development of a grid for decoding cultural differences and case studies. Role-playing.

5
Adapting your management style to intercultural situations

  • The roles of the international and/or multicultural manager.
  • Efficient time management.
  • Managing people from different cultures.
  • Reframing a foreign employee (African, Indian, Chinese, Anglo-Saxon...: the differences).
  • Manage difficult situations (distance, misunderstandings, conflicts, etc.).
Hands-on work
Intercultural negotiation exercises, reframing interviews, conducting meetings, conflict management.


Customer reviews
3,9 / 5
Customer reviews are based on end-of-course evaluations. The score is calculated from all evaluations within the past year. Only reviews with a textual comment are displayed.
FRANÇOIS D.
30/03/26
2 / 5

J’avais écrit plein de truc, mais en fait, ça tient en 1 mot : NUL
CINDY L.
30/03/26
2 / 5

Trop d’exemples et d’anecdotes personnelles. Très peu d’informations sur les techniques de management pour gérer des situations interculturelles (excepté sur la gestion de conflit et les recadrages ... ce qui ne me semble pas très positif).
TONY C.
30/03/26
4 / 5

ou voit un peu les differentes facon de se comporter dans les pays mais cela ne donne pas assez de cles pour gerer les cas, on peut poser un diagnostic surtout



Publication date : 05/30/2024


Dates and locations

Last places available
Guaranteed date, in person or remotely
Guaranteed session
From 1 to 2 June 2026
FR
Remote class
Registration
From 14 to 15 September 2026
FR
Remote class
Registration
From 26 to 27 November 2026
FR
Remote class
Registration

REMOTE CLASS
2026 : 1 June, 14 Sep., 26 Nov.