Inter-Cultural Training
We raise awareness of one's own cultural orientation to identify the benefits of managing, working and/or living in a diverse environment, enhancing productivity by easing conflicts among diverse working groups.

Global LT's Inter-Cultural Programs vary in length and focus:

All of Global LT's Inter-Cultural Training Programs are customized based on a corporate needs analysis, which is best accomplished in a focus group. During this analysis, our trainers work with company representatives to determine what particular concerns your employees are facing, what cultures are represented, and what challenges exist.

Through guided conversation and a series of questions, these experienced trainers ascertain the best approach for the training. Knowing the diversity of your work force and defining the objectives of the proposed training assist our training and development team in designing a program that is right for you. Following this assessment, our training department prepares an outline of the program with proposed goals and learning objectives for your review. In all of our Cultural Training courses, a primary goal is to raise awareness of one’s own cultural orientation in order to understand that behaviors are not right or wrong, good or bad - just different.

Below is a list of our various Inter-Cultural Training Programs and some of the elements that are addressed in each of them:

  Global Awareness
(Identifying Target Cultures;
Understanding Individualism vs. Collectivism;
Differences in Authority Conception)

  Communicating Effectively in the Global Workplace
(Perceptions and Stereotypes;
Contexting and Communication;
Speaking and Writing for Non-Native Speakers)

  Understanding and Adapting to Cultural Change
(Defining Cultural Change; Positive Attitudes and Behaviors for Effective Change;
Developing an Action Plan for Rapid Adaptation to Change)

  Management Style: Working with Cultural Differences
(The Concept of Management for Each Representative Culture;
Identifying Goals, Values and Beliefs about Managing;
Accepting Responsibility and Sharing Information)

  Leadership in a Global Corporation
(Culturally Learned Attitudes toward Leadership;
Culturally Recognized Leadership Skills;
Making Decisions: A Cultural Perspective)

  Building Effective Cross-Cultural Teams
(Cultural Receptivity or Resistance to Teams;
Listening: Culture-to-Culture;
Building and Maintaining Trust)

  Conflict Resolution and Sharing Information
(Identifying Participating Cultural Orientations;
Identifying Levels of Conflict;
Cultural Conceptualization of Problems)

  The Benefits of a Multi-Cultural Organization
(Identifying Cultural Goals, Values and Motivators;
The Benefit to our Customers, Suppliers and the Community;
Integrating Talents and Abilities)

  Marketing Challenges in Global Business
(The Target Market and Cultural Context;
Colors, Symbols, Emblems and other Non-Verbals;
Globalization and Localization)

  Recruiting and Retaining a Multi-Cultural Workforce
(Reading Resumes with a Cultural Filter;
Differences in Gender Roles, Hierarchy and Equality;
The Cultural Necessity of Reading Between the Lines)

Global LT takes pride in customizing all training based on the completion of a corporate needs analysis. Our Inter-Cultural programs are conducted in 8-hour, full day sessions with a maximum of 25 participants. They encourage client participation in identifying the tools and skills needed for effectively addressing differences both socially and professionally.