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In the wake of Brexit, international trade wars and VUCA - the volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity of our world through globalisation and digitisation - the importance strategy, agility and adaptability have become an integral part to success in business performance. However, many businesses are lagging behind and not all cultures respond to those new challenges in the same way. In some cultures, people struggle even more with these fast and constant changes, which of course has a major impact on the way the organization needs to handle the necessary transformations.

What is fundamental to do successful business in Germany? How do these Germans tick? What motivates them to ask endless questions? What are their reasons to put their whole life into contract, fixing every single imponderability on paper? Are there any things Germans expect their foreign counterparts to change? Which ones? And finally: What are the soft spots of these famous stoic Teutons? This open workshop will try to answer these questions.

What is fundamental to do successful business in the United Kingdom? How do the British tick? What motivates them when they talk to you? What are their reasons to put their efforts into getting to know you, like you trust you? Are there any things the Brits expect their foreign counterparts to change? Which ones? And finally: What are the firm spots of these famously polite and gentle people? This open workshop will try to answer these questions.

In today’s competitive business environment Leaders must continuously develop to be ready to push forward growth strategies, drive innovation and work directly with customers and employees from anywhere in the world. In a recent survey from the Economist Intelligence Unit, 90 percent of executives from 68 countries define ‘cross-cultural management’ as their top challenge in working across borders. Even managers in domestic organisations are likely to work with employees from a variety of cultural backgrounds.

Since postmodern globalization people in international business had to adapt to more frequent and faster changes in organizations. While before then most employees remained at the same company for their whole work life, it is more common nowadays to change jobs more often. Dynamics and flexibility have therefore become key values in many international organizations. However, not all cultures respond to those new challenges in the same way.

This workshop focuses on effective communication strategies to support high performance through communication behaviors which are adapted to meeting the challenges of collaboaration across geographical distance, time-zones, and technology, as well as a range of cultural styles. 

What is fundamental to do successful business in the United Kingdom? How do the British tick? What motivates them when they talk to you? What are their reasons to put their efforts into getting to know you, like you trust you? Are there any things the Brits expect their foreign counterparts to change? Which ones? And finally: What are the firm spots of these famously polite and gentle people? This open workshop will try to answer these questions.

This workshop focuses on effective communication strategies to support high performance through communication behaviors which are adapted to meeting the challenges of collaboaration across geographical distance, time-zones, and technology, as well as a range of cultural styles.