Intercultural training
GLS Berlin - Corporate courses & intercultural training since 1983
Do you work with international clients? In international teams? Intercultural competence is more relevant than ever, because the workforce is becoming increasingly international, here in Germany as well. Diverse teams hold great potential in terms of economic performance and team satisfaction. Our workshops on intercultural competence help you to leverage this potential.
We know what we are talking about: GLS has been active on the global market since 1983 as an internationally established provider of foreign language training. And we have always worked in diverse teams: more about GLS.
Intercultural Training Workshop
Communication in diverse teams and international markets
Our instructors offer you a practical workshop with professional expertise. We will work with you to develop the basics of sensitization and implement them directly in exercises.
What actually is culture? How does it influence me and others? What impact do our ideas have on communication and international cooperation? And how can we make diversity and variety fruitful and use them for successful interaction with each other?
Contents & learning objectives
- Sensitization with regard to culture and diversity
- Expanding knowledge, including country-specific knowledge, work culture
- Acquisition of communication strategies including feedback culture, relationship building and networking
- Recognizing and resolving conflict situations
- Practical exercises and development of cooperative learning strategies
- In conjunction with language courses, also language skills
Duration
1 day of 6 teaching units (3x 90 minutes plus breaks)
Number of participants
5 – 15
Location
GLS Campus Berlin / In your company / online
Languages
German or English
Price
From 2.400 Euro
Because we know what we're talking about
"Building bridges for success" was the title of a presentation on intercultural competence given by Dr. Verena Jaeschke - one of the three Managing Directors of GLS - at the IHK Festival der Wirtschaft in Berlin on 31.8.2023:
Die Trainerinnen
Viola M. Finger
Schwerpunkte: Interkulturelles Training, Diversity, Kommunikation
Beruflicher Background: Interkulturelle Trainerin (dgikt-zertifiziert), Diversity Managerin (TÜV-zertifiziert), Kommunikation & PR, Medien, Kultur, Antidiskriminierungsarbeit, Kulturwissenschaftlerin, M.A. & Verlagskauffrau, IHK
Elena Budinstein
Schwerpunkte: International Intra- und Entrepreneurship, Female Intercultural Communities
Beruflicher Hintergrund: Diplom- Kommunikationswirtin (Universität der Künste, Berlin). Seit 2009 zertifizierte Trainerin und Coachin für Interkulturelle Kompetenzen (artop – Institut an der Humboldt Universität Berlin). 22 Jahre Erfahrung in der internationalen Zusammenarbeit. Seit 2006 - Unternehmerin und Kommunikationsexpertin
GLS - 40 years of experience
- 40 years of experience
GLS has been organizing foreign language training worldwide since 1983, in Europe as well as in Asia and America. We have an excellent network of trainers from all over the world. - We practice intercultural diversity
The 150 employees at GLS include trainees with refugee experience as well as specialists from Japan, India, Canada and Sweden. Every day, we experience how enriching diversity can be in terms of age, gender, cultural background and religion. - Personal support
We advise you before the workshop begins. And we work with you to develop the basics of sensitization and implement them directly in exercises: more about your contact persons. - Flexibility
The choice is yours: where should the workshop take place? At your company, online or on the GLS Campus in Berlin Prenzlauer Berg? Anything is possible. - Facitities de luxe
For external training courses, GLS offers you a campus in the heart of Berlin that is unique in Germany: with 60 seminar rooms and two hotels, including the listed Hotel Oderberger: more about the GLS Campus. - One source
In addition to intercultural training, we also offer language courses: whether English, Japanese, French or German; individual or group lessons, tailor-made or open language courses, online, at your company, on our GLS Campus or abroad - we offer you and your teams exactly the language training that will help you get ahead. - Educational leave
We are also a competent and experienced partner when it comes to educational leave and language trips - both fantastic opportunities to train intercultural skills. - Certified Quality
GLS undergoes regular quality controls by international professional associations such as EAQUALS and IH International House.
