What Is Intercultural Training and Why do You Need It?
We regularly interact with people around the world, so cultural differences have a huge impact on our professional lives. Sometimes they slow things down, but with the right mindset, they are an opportunity.
Our intercultural training helps you work effectively across all cultures and build your intercultural communication skills.
🎯 The outcome? Avoid misunderstandings, streamline communication, and boost team performance in multicultural environments.
Who Needs Intercultural Training?
Intercultural competency training by ITC Global is designed for professionals working in multicultural environments:
Exporters
Colleges and universities
International corporations with subsidiaries in multiple countries
Managers with hybrid or remote international teams
This training is also great for anyone who wants to improve their intercultural communication skills.
What You Will Learn
Our intercultural training features a dynamic approach focused on real-world scenarios:
🧭 Simple explanations for 18 cultural dimensions
🌍 Analyses of 80+ countries
🎥 Immersive videos for better understanding of intercultural situations
🧠 Quizzes, real-world scenarios, and self-assessments
📊 Interactive tool for comparing cultural profiles
🎓 Unlimited live online classes to build your intercultural communication skills
Explore our intercultural training platform in our presentation video.
Intercultural competence describes the ability to effectively interact with people from different cultures. It involves actively understanding each culture’s values, behaviors, and intercultural communication norms and adapting how you communicate, listen, and act based on this cultural context.
Why do we need intercultural training?
Intercultural training helps you anticipate cultural differences, reduce the risk of conflict, and maximize team performance by improving intercultural communication. It also helps organizations provide inclusive and culturally competent services.
What’s the difference between multiculturalism and interculturalism?
Multiculturalism describes a passive situation where multiple cultures exist in the same space.
Interculturalism is active interaction, dialogue, and mutual understanding among different cultures.
Our intercultural competence training shows you how to go from simply coexisting to collaborating productively.
What makes intercultural communication skills essential now?
Intercultural communication skills are key to international professional relationships. They help you avoid misunderstandings, negotiate effectively, strengthen connections on multicultural teams, deliver culturally competent services, and create lasting relationships built on trust.
How do we improve intercultural communication?
Our intercultural training program will teach you to:
Listen actively
Adapt your verbal communication and body language
Understand each culture’s intercultural communication styles
Ask open-ended questions to better understand behavior
What are the risks for teams and organizations lacking intercultural competence?
Sans maîtrise de l’interculturalité et de la communication interculturelle, les risques sont nombreux :
Conflits latents au sein des équipes
Ralentissement, voire échec, des projets internationaux
Marginalisation de certains profils multiculturels
Détérioration de l’image de l’entreprise à l’international
Perte d’opportunités commerciales ou non-aboutissement de contrats stratégiques
How long will it take to see results from this intercultural training program?
As soon as your team completes the first modules, you’ll begin to see benefits like better intercultural communication, improved understanding of cultural behaviors, and more seamless communication in professional settings.
What happens after completing the interculturality training?
With our platform, you get ongoing access to content:
Review information whenever you want
Update your knowledge to keep pace with changing intercultural communication norms
Participate in live online classes to expand skills in specific scenarios
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