Cultural competency training
We all have MAGIC POWERS to communicate across cultures but not all of us know how to use it.
Cultural Skills Academy builds and cultivates cultural competency that helps women to progress in their careers either going abroad or managing the multinational teams on the native soil.
Cultural agility is crucial for developing modern day leaders and contributes directly to success of internationally set projects and organisations. Strong cultural competency of women develops national economies, builds countries wealth, and propels individual careers.
WHAT DRIVES MY PASSION FOR CULTURAL COMPETENCE?
I studied the foreign languages since an early age. By the age of 15 I was in full speed to complete of French, German, Russian, Polish and Latin languages. I grew up understanding everyone regardless of who they were and where they came from. Before I celebrated twenty first birthday, I started to learn three other languages.
Once I graduated, I started to look for the suitable employment involving linguistics and I ended up overseas perfecting English in the UK. Studying languages overseas I usually was on my own and could fully immerse myself in the local culture. When I arrived in the UK, it has been noticed that I felt like a "fish in a water" which surprised my co-workers and employers alike. Then I started to move up the employment ladder by changing jobs and being promoted. In 2006 I have noticed that I am still on my own being the only foreigner at work and started asking myself why.
The first conclusion was that people were afraid to apply for more senior positions and some just felt that they did not fit. Me on the other side would go for any interview and felt comfortable anywhere. I started to question what is going on and during few conversations and after checking the statistics it became apparent that people are not being employed according their qualifications and if they were they were rarely promoted and if it happened it was only to manage groups of workers of same origins. Many of those people were professionals who struggled to make overseas their home and despite the best efforts could not get on the career ladder they wanted because of the existing cultural barriers.
Taking them down become mission. I decided to be involved in any action that could change that and the first idea was to coach people on how to fit better in foreign cultures. Today I help people to develop cultural competence to adapt better to new working and social situations.
ADITA (MSc ioLET)
CULTURAL SKILLS ACADEMY COURSE
Preventing pitfalls of cross-cultural interactions in 4 weeks
WHAT IS THE COURSE ABOUT?
Step by step instructions on how to develop cultural competency and skills required for successful interaction with people from different cultural and ethnic backgrounds.
The course will help you to fit better, thrive in and develop your career when travelling or moving abroad as well as working in and with multicultural organisations. You’ll learn what is the cultural competency and why you need it, what are cultural skills and how they influence communication and interactions between people.
You’ll learn how to identify cultural knowledge gaps and biases and improve skills like empathy, open-mindedness, flexibility, and adaptability as well as ability to think outside of the box. The course will deliver methods developing cultural skills and habits that will make you more productive, more patient and more organised.
After the course you will develop strong interpersonal skills and confidence in dealing with various intercultural situations. As an extra bonus you will acquire skills in building respectful and friendly relationships that will support advancement of your career and your business. You can use this widget to input text into the page.
FOR WHOM IS THIS COURSE?
This course is ideal for women who want to pursue a successful carrier in international companies or entrepreneurship involving contacts with oversees partners, agencies, and co-workers. The course is also suitable for women who manage multinational teams as well as women who received scholarship for research or to study abroad.
DATES
This first free reound of the course is now closed for registration but you can get on the waitlist to be the first to know when we open up again. Add your name and email address to get on the waitlist now to secure the place at the next round.
Waitlist registrants receive a special offer and bonus!
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