With years of expertise and mastery in the intercultural domain and content backed by international business partners like LCW (Language and Culture Worldwide, Chicago), we offer modular solutions to help clients develop the Intercultural Competence of their workforce.
The following intercultural training courses are ideal for clients who are looking for workshops that have proven successful across a variety of global organizations.
LCW’s Navigating Cultures™ workshop explores the concept of cultural diversity, allowing participants to expand their awareness, knowledge, and skills. The tools, frameworks, and concepts presented lead to higher levels of competency, greater team synergies, improved performance in a global environment, and serve as a rich base for ongoing cross-cultural and intercultural development. Learn more
LCW’s Working with India, Working with China, and Working with the USA programs provide insight into the target country and its culture, including behaviors and practices prevalent in the business world. These programs are ideal for organizations and teams that collaborate with in-person or virtually, with colleagues from the respective country. In most cases, the greatest benefit comes from providing the appropriate course to teams in all locations. Learn more
LCW’s Traveling to India, Traveling to China, and Traveling to the USA programs provide practical information for global executives, traveling SMEs, and other business professionals who will be traveling internationally for an extended period of time to an international location. Workshops prepare travelers for the day-to-day experience both inside the office and out. This series is primarily intended for shorter stays of 2 days to 6 months and is not intended for expatriates who will be moving long term, with or without family, to a new home. Learn more
LCW’s Virtual Performance Management™ improves the skill-set of managers who lead virtual teams, remote employees, and non-collocated departments. Focusing on the differences between face-to-face and virtual management, participants build management skills that match today’s evolving business environments. Learn more
LCW’s Instructional Design for Multicultural Audiences™ is a hands-on workshop that helps participants build better learning events for international audiences, keeping in mind core cultural concepts that apply to learning in differing cultural contexts. This program is ideal for instructional design teams from large multinational organizations. Learn more
LCW’s Living & Studying in the USA is a workshop specific to incoming international students who will be spending an academic year or full educational term at a university in the US. The focus is on enabling students to acclimate to the US academic environment and providing them with the resources and skills necessary to adjust socially and succeed academically. Learn more
LCW’s Leading a Culturally Competent Global Ethics Program introduces a paradigm shift from ethics and compliance programs driven by mono-cultural corporate policy to programs that acknowledge differing cultural contexts, allowing for communication and implementation strategies that resonate with locations worldwide. This program leverages the Cultural Detective® Global Business Ethics package. Learn more
LCW’s Inclusive Leadership: Managing a Diverse Workforce™ provides a foundation for intercultural competence, appropriate for managers and supervisors in industries ranging from manufacturing to professional services. It is designed for those who seek to develop the core skills necessary for leading a team of culturally diverse employees whether in the office, on the line, in the plant, or virtually. The program explores how culture affects workplace relationships and provides tools that allow participants to build an inclusive culture that allows participants to recruit, retain, develop, engage, and leverage those differences for competitive advantage. Learn more
LCW’s Engaging LGBT Employees™ is an exciting new workshop that uses a culture-based approach to first understanding and then fully engaging one’s LGBT colleagues in the workplace. Key topics include: exploring the values shared by the LGBT culture as a whole; understanding how being LGBT can impact one’s professional life; ; exploring what constitutes inclusive behavior; and working through critical incidents and best practices for engaging LGBT employees as valuable contributors to any team, project, and organization. Learn more