Example 2
Effective Meetings & Discussions in a Multicultural Environment
These situations involve a high level of persuading, influencing and motivating skills in a variety of cultural contexts; a very challenging environment.
Establishing trust, intercultural values and perceptions are vital in succeeding.
Maximising the value and impact of:
- Social English, relationship-building, networking skills
- Cultural aspects of small talk
- Establishing and maintaining a positive rapport
- Making an effective statement
- Asking for and getting information
- Managing dynamics, interrupting and dealing with interruptions
- Dealing with problems
- Achieving cooperation
- Persuading and convincing
- Clarifying and summarising
Cultural input – aim: to make sure the students are prepared to handle different attitudes, priorities and perspectives, that they can modify their message and style if necessary and that their message achieves the desired effect. E.g. how to motivate target cultures, how to empathise with them, decision-making, listening habits, communications patterns, etc.
Presentation Skills
January 2012 sees the launch of our new Presentation Skills programmes at Riversdown House. Available as 2, 3, 4 or 5 day programmes - to fit in with your schedule - these are high-impact sessions, designed to add...
30/01/2012
Riversdown House brochure in various languages
Our new brochure has now been translated into the following languages: Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Russian and Spanish. All the translations are available to download at 05/12/2011
Strc prst skrz krk
A sentence in Czech containing no vowels.
Japanese proverb
It's the nail that sticks up that gets hammered down.
Our award winning e-learning site is relaunched with over 150 new features and enhancements
Based on the Lewis Model of Culture, the new 'integrated' site features dramatic improvements in navigation, as well as a huge number of new features, both for end-users and trainers. As a bonus, the assessments are now available in German and Japanese, with more languages to follow!
Communication Skills- Overview
- Getting Your Message Across
- The Most Common Components
- Example 1
- Example 2
- General Information: Ad hoc, Preparation & Self-study
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