Intercultural competences

We support the development of organizational and individual intercultural competences that enable effective cooperation in multicultural environments.

The trainings are based on the concept of culture dimensions, which helps develop knowledge about effective management, collaboration, communication, and giving feedback in a multicultural environment. In addition, the trainings are designed to increase awareness of one's own culture to understand better the specifics of working in multinational organizations.

Scope of trainings

Developing intercultural competences

Intercultural awareness is one of the key competences that is essential when working in multinational organizations. Training aims to develop intercultural competence, which impacts increasing the level of intercultural self-awareness.

Through individual and group exercises, training participants will learn the dimensions of culture that will enable them to understand the importance of cultural differences in business. This training is an excellent first step in building an international team that will be able to work effectively with each other and with business partners from other countries.

Cross-cultural communication

Effective communication is vital when working in an intercultural environment. The training aims to improve the ability to communicate effectively in an intercultural environment. Participants will learn about different communication models, such as indirect, direct, high and low context communication. In addition, they will get to know their communication styles, enabling them to better understand the specifics of intercultural communication. Through individual and group exercises, participants will practice and improve their skills related to effective communication in an intercultural environment.

The acquired competences will allow the trainees to adjust their communication strategies to the context of the culture with which they will work. Because of that, they will avoid the most common mistakes made when communicating with other cultures.

Self-awareness of individual cultural preferences

The training aims at building participants' self-awareness of individual cultural preferences. By becoming aware of individual cultural preferences, it is possible to better understand the specifics of working in an intercultural environment.

Participants will determine their approach to perceiving basic phenomena in business culture such as time, hierarchy, authority, decision-making system, communication, and giving feedback. Acquired competences will help trainees establish relationships and communication in an intercultural environment.

Polish business culture

The training aims to familiarize participants with the business culture of Poland. In the first part of the training, participants will get acquainted with the basic information about Poland and the influence of history and religion on Polish business culture. In the next part, stereotypes about Polish business culture and the business culture of the training participants which impact building self-awareness of one's own business culture will be discussed. The third part will provide practical information on the perception of fundamental phenomena in Polish business culture, such as time, hierarchy, authority, decision-making system, communication, and giving feedback.

Thanks to the acquired knowledge, participants will be able to start effective cooperation with a business partner from Poland.

Indian business culture

The training provides knowledge about Indian business culture. Participants will gain practical knowledge that will impact increasing the effectiveness in cooperation with a business partner from India. During the training, participants will learn essential information about India, such as brief history, political and economic situation, and social norms and customs. Next, they will learn about the specifics of Indian business culture, hierarchy perception, decision making system, importance of building relationships, time perception, emotions display and form of communication and feedback.

Participants will be able to identify potential sources of conflict and challenges in working with a business partner from India.

The business culture of a chosen country

We offer trainings in the business culture of a country selected by the client. Training in the selected country has a similar pattern to training in Polish business culture and Indian business culture.

Cooperation in multinational teams

Training shapes diverse thinking and behavior and improves intercultural competence, communication, and conflict resolution skills. Participants of the training learn about building intercultural relations and strengthening team spirit.

During the training, participants will get to know the specifics of cross-cultural teams and the dynamics of conducted projects. They will be able to identify cultural challenges in the global work environment and discover hidden cultural assumptions in business. This will affect the understanding of the impact of cultural differences on work in multinational teams.