Case Studies

Employees and managers working in multi-cultural companies benefit from understanding culturally-based behaviours in the workplace. Help prepare alternative approaches that are more effective in various cultures

Use training programs framed around a foundation of the Hofstede Culture In The Workplace Questionnaire results to introduce culturally-based behaviours and provides insight on how to be effective working and managing in the multicultural workplace

Prepare executives/employees (and their families) who are relocating to new countries

Help them think through whether or not their preferences will be effective in the new environment

Review their new responsibilities and offer alternative approaches that may work better than their “natural” style

Establish the global nature of your company for new employees

Set corporate expectations that employees will interact with people of various cultures and will be expected to at least appreciate differences among represented cultural groups

Help team leaders and team members understand the impact of culture on leadership/followership, decision-making, conflict resolution, and team communications

Analyse workplace preferences to align HR/OD and business practices in various countries

Use the data collected to recommend alignment of business practices with outcomes, not processes

Coaching and business briefing for the global executive for leading a global workforce, or preparation for international travel, work, decisions, etc

Distant interaction (e.g. telephonic/Skype, etc.) may be substituted for face-to-face interaction

Help employees benefit from knowing about cultural preferences of other employees, and their vendor/suppliers, or customers from other countries

Provide specific skill-based training in applying these skills (in custom programs such as “Presenting to the Japanese.”)