Managing cultural diversity
Course description
We live in a multicultural world where diversity brings opportunities and riches to an organization or business when everyone lives the best version of themselves. In this workshop, we learn how to engage and develop these opportunities as we explore the meaning of interculturality.
Methodology
This workshop is highly experiential and participatory. It consists of short theoretical lessons, practical exercises and group discussions. Reflecting upon and applying each tool to your real-life cases, you practise and gain new insights into your current dilemmas.
Benefits
In this workshop, participants:
- Gain an understanding of culture, cultural diversity and interculturality
- Learn how culture influences the way we think, act, and even feel
- Learn about leadership in general and appreciative leadership in particular
- Develop a deeper understanding of the opportunities and challenges of culturally diverse teams and how to manage them
- Acquire practical strategies to lead diverse, high performing teams through an inclusive, appreciative leadership model
- Identify how to harness the skills and abilities of multicultural teams
- Learn how to improve communication across cultures
- Develop intercultural sensitivity and competence.
Programme
- Session 0. Introductions and getting to know each other
- Session 1. Culture and cultural diversity
- Session 2. How cultural values, norms and interpretations influence our cultural identity, the way we think, feel and act.
- Social or cultural activity
- Session 3. Cultural diversity in teams
- Session 4. Leadership across cultures
- Session 5. Opportunities and challenges of multicultural teams
- Social or cultural activity
- Session 6. Working better in multicultural teams
- Session 7. Leading diverse, inclusive and high-performing teams
- Session 8. Intercultural sensitivity and competence development
- Social or cultural activity
- Sessions 9. Intercultural Communication
- Session 10. Moving abroad to a new job position
- Cultural activity
- Outdoor cultural and fun activity
- Session 11. Sensing nature
- Session 12. Intercultural Communication II
- Closing , Certificates & evaluations
Duration: 6 days
Dates: Upon request
Location: Athens or Chania in Greece
Designed for participants/groups
This workshop is designed for individuals, groups and organizations seeking effective inclusion strategies.
Instructors
Isabel Allende Robredo is a learning facilitator for personal, professional and social development through consulting, training and coaching specialized in gender, cultural diversity and social inclusion. She has worked for more than 20 years to support the empowerment and social inclusion of people and ethnic minority groups at risk of social exclusion. Ms. Allende Robredo holds a BA and MA in Economics & Business Management, a BA in Social Education, an MA in Social & Cultural Anthropology and an MA in Migrations & Interculturality.
She has held various management positions including in Communication and External Relationships at RAIS Foundation in Spain, Executive Management of the European Anti-Poverty Network in Spain, Head of Social Inclusion at Community Action for Refugees and Asylum Seekers in London and has held boards positions. Currently, she is the founder and CEO of GlobalEquitas in France, a social company promoting and supporting gender equality, interculturality and social inclusion. She enjoys teaching and learning cooperatively with her students.
Dr. Markos Perrakis, founder and managing director of Fractality, designs and implements projects in the areas of leadership development and strategic planning to promote effective communication and individual and collective process development.
Dr. Perrakis is one of the first persons in Greece to apply the methodology of appreciative inquiry for individual and organizational development. This approach seeks to strengthen human capital and social bonds to generate organizational capacity.
Fractality offers services in coaching, training, assessments, supervision, process facilitation and speaking, systemic consultation, solution focused and cognitive behavioural approaches, methods of participatory design, spiritual intelligence and psychometric assessment. Dr. Perrakis is a certified provider of Vocational Guidance and Professional Orientation and an ISO 9001 lead auditor.
Dr. Perrakis is a representative of the Association of International Institution Supervision in Europe, a member of International Intervision Groups, scientific assistant of the Society for Organisational Learning, and scientific partner of the European Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (EUMU) in Greece in the Strategic Planning and Human Capital Development programmes.
Dr. Perrakis holds a Ph.D. in social psychology on leadership styles and their efficiency in organisations and an M.A. in clinical psychology.
Venue
Our program takes place in Athens, Classical Athens was a powerful city-state that emerged in conjunction with the seagoing development of the port of Piraeus. A center for the arts, learning and philosophy, home of Plato‘s Academy and Aristotle‘s Lyceum,[6][7] it is widely referred to as the cradle of Western civilization and the birthplace of democracy,[8][9] largely because of its cultural and political impact on the European continent, and in particular the Romans.[10] In modern times, Athens is a large cosmopolitan metropolis and central to economic, financial, industrial, maritime, political and cultural life in Greece.
OR
Our programme takes place on the island of Crete in Greece in the pleasant seaside town of Platanias close to Chania, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Porto Platanias Village Resort, located on the northwest coast of Crete, provides luxurious accommodations and fully serviced workshop facilities. Beaches, local eateries, shops and sites are within walking distance of Porto Platanias. This setting provides ample opportunity for participants to continue discussions outside of formal workshop hours in a relaxed atmosphere.
The closest international airports are Chania International Airport (24 km) and Heraklion International Airport (165 km).
Participation Fee
Option A.
The fee for this course is 780€.
Option A price include
– Tuition fees
– Educational materials
– Certificates
– Beverages and a welcome cocktail
Accommodation and meals are not included in the above fees.
Option B (for Crete).
Total full package price for participants with double room
Accommodation: 1,300€ (approx. depending on the period) (+200€ single room):
Option B prices include:
– A 5*star hotel accommodation (5 nights)
– Breakfast
– Lunch or dinner
– Tuition fees
– Educational materials
– Certificates
– Beverages and a welcome cocktail
Additional option:
- A half-day excursion with the group led by locals – €50
Contact us
Questions or concerns? please contact us at [email protected] or call +302106010522. Cancellation Policy*
Until 30 days before the starting date of the selected workshop, cancellation will be free of charge and the pre-payment will be fully refunded. Between 30 to 15 days before the starting date of the workshop, 50% of the fee will be refunded. Within the 15 days before the starting date of the workshop no refunds will be made.