Our culture defines many aspects of how we think, feel, and act. It can be challenging for managers to bridge cultural differences and bring employees together into a functioning team. This course will give supervisors and managers easy-to-use techniques for communicating across cultures, building teams, promoting multiculturalism in the organization, and leveraging the global talent pool.
In this 2-hour interactive webinar you will learn to:
– Define what culture is and how it shapes the workplace.
– Identify how stereotypes shape our perception.
– Develop useful cross-cultural attitudes.
– Communicate effectively across cultures.
– Effectively manage employees from different cultures.
– Help teams overcome cross-cultural and virtual barriers.
– Promote acceptance and awareness in your organization to help create a multicultural environment.
– Leverage the global talent pool.
While this session is part of a series, participants are not required to attend all sessions in the series or attend in any sequence. Each session can be attended independently.
Presenter: Pamela Bragg is the owner of Sarkany Management Inc., a Human Resources Consulting firm, which offers a broad range of HR services. Pamela has a comprehensive background in executive level human resources and holds a Masters Certificate from Stanford in Diversity & Inclusion as well as a Masters Certificate in Strategic Human Resources & Organizational Change.
The HR Series: Managing Across Cultures (Live Online Training)
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