ACROSS CULTURES
THE CULTURE MAP, WHO AM I?
THE 8 SCALES PART ONE
THE 8 SCALES PART TWO
CROSS CULTURAL STRATEGY
‘It’s often the most subtle cultural differences that lead to the biggest challenges.’
Erin Meyer, The Culture Map
THE CULTURE MAP IS A COURSE DESIGNED FOR NAVIGATING THE CULTURAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN TEAMS
Based around Erin’s Meyer’s defining work, the course is tailored to the specific needs of the client by utilizing the 8 scales that map the world’s cultures.
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In this course you will identify your own cultural tendencies and those of your global colleagues, and using the Culture Map tool as a guide, create real world and immediately effective solutions for breaking through the invisible boundaries of global business.
1 THE CULTURE MAP - WHO AM I?
In this module we ask, What is Culture? Explore culture vs company culture vs personality, tackle the idea of 'our cultural glasses' and introduce the essential ways your chosen cultures differ at work and the what that means for critical aspects such building strong relationships, influencing and leading.
Finally, we introduce Erin Meyer's Culture Map, a tool to dramatically improve your cross cultural success.
2 THE 8 SCALES PART ONE
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Uncover immediate improvement to your cross cultural competencies as we discover:
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Listening to the Air - Communicating; low context vs high context.
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The Many Faces of Polite - Evaluating; Direct vs indirect negative feedback.
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Why vs How - Persuading; Principles vs Applications first.
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How much Respect do you want? - Leading; Egalitarian vs hierarchical.
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3 THE EIGHT SCALES PART TWO
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Continue your journey to cross cultural competency as we discover:
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Big D or Little D - Deciding; Consensual or top down.
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The Head or the Heart - Trusting; task or relationship based.
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The Needle not the Knife - Disagreeing; confrontational vs avoids confrontation.
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How Late is Late? - Scheduling; Linear vs flexible time.
4 EFFECTIVE CROSS CULTURAL STRATEGY
You learned the theory, and through role play, scenarios and case studies know the strategies. Now show what you can do. You will deliver a presentation out-lining immediate changes you and your teammates can make to secure cross-cultural success.
Through new processes, skills and heightened sensitivity of yourself and others, make commitment change and push yourselves to flourish amongst your chosen cultures.
