THE UNIVERSAL PERSON (1-to-1 or Group)

The Universal Person – how to communicate across cultural boundaries
The ability to communicate, motivate and lead across cultural boundaries is paramount in today’s global marketplace.  The Universal Person – someone possessing exceptional interpersonal communication, curiosity and developed empathy, a readiness to adapt and a finely tuned ability to find “common ground” is someone who will be a successful international leader.

Finding the common ground in cross cultural communications
Do you want to:
•    Develop strategic and successful relationships with people who aren’t native to your culture?
•    Become a ‘Universal Person’ and international leader, adept at bridging cultural divides?
•    Develop an international communications and influencing strategy?

Cross-cultural communication – your strengths and weaknesses

This tutorial is not about the clichés and foreign stereotypes so often bandied around on cross cultural communication workshops – it is about developing a strategic and sensitive approach to dealing with cross-cultural communication issues.  Each session typically includes:
•    Understanding of the ‘Universal Person’ model – what we all have in common
•    Understanding your own personality/stand point and how this impacts your cross cultural communication style
•    The dangers of stereotyping and how we ‘model’ other cultures
•    How to differentiate between culture-specific and culture-generic communication styles in the quest for becoming an international leader
•    Recognising your cross cultural communications strengths and weaknesses with non-native speakers
•    How to be clear, convincing and authentic in your communications