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The challenge You have a group of expatriates who arrive in your country every year and remain in position for two, three or maybe even four years.  They are often senior level executives from a range of functional disciplines who are expected to ‘hit the ground running’ as quickly as possible.  Although all the expatriates…

The Covid 19 pandemic has forced thousands of organizations to restructure how they operate, and this restructuring has forced millions of workers to move out of the office and into a remote working environment.  Although we are currently all mainly working in this remote environment it seems likely that, post-pandemic, many companies will choose to…

We are increasingly being asked by clients to run multiple training sessions within their organizations on the topic of  Working in Hybrid Teams.  It will be essential as we move into the new future of work environment that organizations give their employees the necessary skill to allow then to thrive in the new normal. The…

We have been delivering global virtual team training programs for major global organizations for more than fifteen years and are therefore very aware of the various global virtual team challenges that are faced by people on a daily basis.  We have run these training programs for people in multiple geographies in both a ‘live’ classroom…

Why is cultural awareness training important? As the country increasingly looks to diversify its international footprint in order to help further grow the economy, there will be and increasing need for cultural awareness training in Australia.  The ability to work effectively and seamlessly with colleagues, clients and other stakeholders around the world will be one…

As founder of Global Business Culture, I have been running Global Virtual Team training courses for more than 15 years for major corporations around the world.  We have run these programs on a face-to-face basis, and we have run them in a virtual setting through conference calls and digital learning courses.  It is therefore interesting…

Home-based Training for Home Workers In these difficult times, many of Global Business Culture’s clients are looking at innovative approaches to learning & development delivery as a way of both keeping the learning process moving and helping drive motivation and engagement for colleagues who are currently having to work from home. Many of these colleagues…

Despite the rise of China and the U.S.’s continued dominance, Japan remains an economic powerhouse with mega-companies controlling huge subsidiary networks around the world. It is a world leader across a number of sectors and many analysts see its inherent technological prowess as the catalyst for a new resurgence of Japanese economic success in the…

It might seem like a very shaky assertion to state that good quality, targeted cultural awareness training can increase a company’s profitability, but I believe that to be the case. The reason I have been running cultural awareness training programs around the world for the past 30 years is that I genuinely believe that a…