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The Multicultural Workplace
Training that Addresses the Challenges of The Multicultural Workplace
The Multicultural Workplace training program shines a bright light on cultural difference and helps your managers and supervisors develop the skills they need to successfully manage your culturally-diverse workforce.
Flexible - training can be delivered onsite, online, or virtually
Modularized - discrete training sessions build on each other
Interactive - lively, engaging, highly participatory
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Participants will learn:
What culture is and how it works.
Who the new Americans are and why they are here.
How culture-based value systems impact performance.
The unique workplace challenges experienced by members of US-born subcultures.
How we can unknowingly contribute to communication breakdown.
How to implement the three keys to successful cross-cultural communication.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
Participants will be able to:
Put challenging workplace behaviors and attitudes into a cultural context and address them in a value-neutral, constructive manner.
Better understand foreign-born employees and the challenges and obstacles that hinder their full integration into the American workplace.
Monitor their language patterns and choose those that facilitate clear and meaningful communication
Employ practical strategies that help support and retain members of U.S.-born subcultures.
Understand the unique challenges of, and possible accommodations for, Muslim employees.
Foster a positive, participatory, inclusive work culture.
TRAINING MODULES
Click on the training modules below to preview a video and learn more about each training offering.
Introduction & Demographics
Something extraordinary has happened to the ethnic and racial composition of the U.S. in the past 25 years . . . learn what it is and the impact it is likely to have on your business. Foreign-Born Populations
What do you really know about the foreign-born people you work with? Why did they leave their countries? What are the predictable challenges they will face in the American workplace?
Better Communication with Non-Native Speakers of English
If there was something you could do to improve your communication with non-native speakers of English, wouldn’t you want to know about it?
Culture-Based Value Systems
Have you observed work behaviors and attitudes on the part of your foreign-born employees that you don’t understand?
American-Born Subcultures
Do you know why someone who was born in this country might still struggle with full membership in the mainstream workplace?
The Impact of Islam on the American Workplace
Do you have Muslim employees? This is vital training for your managers and supervisors.
