Did you know that the secret to becoming a top-performing global team is whether cultural differences are well managed? Research shows that managers who understand different cultural mindsets and have a variety of strategies lead their teams to be more creative and innovative and this results in increased morale and return on investment.

All team solutions are customized. Please schedule a no-cost intake call here.

Workshops and Offsites

We offer two- to four-day workshops for teams at your company or an offsite location. These are ideal for:

• Intact functional teams
• High potential cohorts
• Management teams

Why do Fortune 500 companies bring us in?

We decode and solve for the following questions, and more:

• Why are my colleagues from culture X behaving like they do?

• How can I tell if the issues I’m having are cultural or otherwise?

• When does “yes” mean “yes” and not something else?

• How can I communicate my expectations or ideas effectively to those from a different culture?

• How can I get my direct reports to share what they really think?

Two day, three day, and four day programs

Our two-day workshops focus on understanding each team member’s culture of origin and raising awareness about how it shapes our expectations of ourselves and others. Only once we understand ourselves can we begin to understand others.

Next, we shift to raising awareness about patterns in global cultures and examining the gaps between our preferences and those of others.

Finally, we look at the team’s preferences and how they impact the ways in which they work together. We zoom in on two pain points, analyze them, and generate several practical strategies for each.

When you add a third day, we customize a full day around how to adapt communication and cascading to different regions in your footprint.

And finally, when you add a fourth day, we facilitate the development of Cross-Cultural Standard Operating Procedures for your team.

We look inward.

We develop strong roots.

We equip you with multiple, practical strategies.

We provide strategic flexibility.

We provide communication strategies.

We activate effective global reach.

We nurture your team.

We make you an unstoppable global force.

Critical Incident Consulting Services

Fortune 500 companies experience critical cross-cultural issues that range from derailed mergers and acquisitions to project delays. All of these cost money and, quite often, they’re the result of cross-cultural misunderstandings.

We understand that some issues can’t wait for you to learn the intricacies of cross-cultural dynamics.

Sometimes, you just need someone to step in and solve your problem for you.

We do just that.

We provide emergency services to get you unstuck and moving forward again.

Some of the problems we’ve solved for clients in the past include:

• Cross-cultural conflict resolution
• Localization of communication and/or cascading plans for specific regions
• Salvaging a failing merger or acquistion
• Adapting a critical task to another culture, such as an email, presentation, or feedback process

Train-the-Trainer Programs

Want your HR team, leadership team, or another team trained to provide ongoing cross-cultural services internally? We provide a robust Train-the-Trainer Program for your organization:

• Scalable model: We help build your internal capacity.
• Licensed curriculum: Uses the Hofstede Culture in the Workplace Questionnaire™.
• Sustainable change: Empowers internal teams to drive cultural growth long-term.