- providing the essential tools necessary to understand different cultures - training participants usage of the given tools in various cross cultural scenarios and teams - Finding a common understanding of what a team comprises of, which is shared by all participants - being aware of communication und language problems within the participants - Clarifying the goals and rules of the project teams for effective co-operation - Finding constructive and neutral ways of dealing with conflict - Understanding functions, targets, roles and expectations of each team member - Integrating a permanent intercultural learning process for the future
CONTENT :
1. What makes a good team – and what does it mean to you
2. The phases of team forming
3. Typical eamples of international scientific endeavors, projects and tasks
4. Communication basics for intercultural teams
5. Excursion into your personality traits – What do the mean for you as a team person ?
6. Belbin’s Team roles and the likely roles you will be performing
7. Leadership basics for international teams
8. The most frequent challenges teams face
9. Excursion : Cultural differences and what they mean for interculturally mixed teams => Applying cultural models to team behavior
10. Specific challenges due to interculturality
11. The peculiar challenge of giving/receiving – critical – feedback
12. Managing conflict within international teams
13. Leading and moderating international team meetings
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