Cultural Awareness Training for Global Private Equity & Venture Capital

Driving PortCo efficiency through global restructuring is a trend that will gain pace over the next few years. The constant search for cost efficiencies and the need to build at scale drive many VCs and PEs to look at lower-cost territories. This is a great strategy – but not one that is challenge free. This globalization of the workforce requires employees to be able to work as effectively across borders as they can in their own country.

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Building Seamless Teams

Moving work to lower-cost countries can offer massive efficiency benefits, but it can also backfire if the transitions are managed poorly and if the newly created cross-border teams fail to develop effective cross-border working practices. Focusing on cross-border team building should be a prerequisite on every occasion and should be factored into your strategic planning.

Communicating effectively across borders is an essential skill

Language is critical for effective cross-border, cross-cultural working – let’s face it, poor communication is one of the biggest causes of project failure. Communicating effectively across cultures and languages is difficult, but it is also an essential skill for anybody working in an international team. Improved communication improves margins.

Guiding your portfolio in the right direction

Your portfolio companies are looking for more than cash; they also need the strategic advice that your experience can deliver. Many portco clients will have limited international experience and may even approach global expansion with an overly simplistic ‘pick and pack’ mentality, assuming what has worked well at home will work equally well in a new, unknown territory. They often need to have their assumptions challenged. Together, we can help them think globally.

Enhancing Global Value Across Your Portfolio

To unlock more value in a global market, portfolio companies need more than capital. They need cultural insight. Early investment in cultural awareness and global mindset development boosts performance, reduces risk, and sets your teams and PortCos up for long-term success.

How can we deliver even more value to our portfolio companies?
You are already adding massive value to your portfolio companies but are also striving to add even more value. Any portfolio company that is operating in a global environment – either with clients, suppliers or overseas offices – will greatly benefit from improving its ability to work effectively across the barriers of culture, language and geography. We can partner with you to add global expertise and know-how.
Why should we invest in cultural awareness development?
Cultural awareness training is an investment in long-term business efficiency, which will give a significant return on that investment. The objective of a good quality, well-targeted cross-cultural development program is to go far beyond mere awareness raising. This type of tailored intervention can significantly reduce project lead times, reduce errors, help with employee retention and ultimately boost profitability
When should we deploy global mindset development programs?
Many of our clients come to us for support far too late in their transformation journey. If you are transitioning positions to places like India or the Philippines or building additional capacity at a remote hub, the best time to factor cultural issues into the strategy is right from the outset – even before the final structural decisions are made if possible.
What about our own internal teams?
If you have internal teams who are advising clients on their international strategy, how can they do that effectively if they haven’t yet developed a deep understanding of the global cultural landscape that targets and PortCos are operating in? Start by developing your own internal resources, so that they can be the best possible advisors in tomorrow’s complex global commercial environment.

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We have worked with countless major global firms, delivering high-quality training in live sessions, webinars, and through e-learning solutions. You need to be flexible and responsive, and so do we.

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Cultural Awareness Training for Global Private Equity & Venture Capital

Building Seamless Teams

Communicating effectively across borders is an essential skill

Guiding your portfolio in the right direction

Success on a Global Scale

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Enhancing Global Value Across Your Portfolio

How can we deliver even more value to our portfolio companies?

Why should we invest in cultural awareness development?

When should we deploy global mindset development programs?

What about our own internal teams?