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Onsite Programs - For Foreign Born Professionals
American Business Culture
Goal
In this intensive 1-day workshop you'll practice the skills to take initiative, network, and participate more actively in meetings. Challenge yourself to expand your communication style.
Objectives
- Discover how your company's "unwritten rules" affect interactions and career development
- Assess your cultural style, and how it influences your communication, behavior, assumptions, and expectations of others
- Recognize opportunities for taking initiative
- Practice skills for participating in an American-style work team
- Participate more actively in meetings
- Acquire strategies for working within the corporate system while adding your valuable cultural perspective
- Gain confidence in trying out new behavior
Methodology
Discussion, lecture, and interactive exercises which include case studies, simulations, and many more opportunities for personalized skill building. Enrollment is limited to 6- 12 participants to increase coaching and personal interaction.
Scheduling
1-day workshop
What You Learn
- Discover the effects of culture on perception and communication
- Recognize the underlying differences between U.S. mainstream culture and other cultures
- Discover the "unwritten rules" in your corporation and how they effect relationships, communication styles, and career development
- Discuss case studies that show what happens when the unwritten rules are violated
- Discuss how to initiate small talk and maintain conversations with Americans
- Discover the importance of networking for your career
- Understand how taking initiative affects performance appraisals
- Identify ways to gain recognition and visibility
Non-native speakers of English.
To speak with an LSA Expert and learn about training program customization and delivery options onsite at your company, please contact us.
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