Intercultural Competence Workshops for Teams

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Intercultural competence workshops help teams collaborate more effectively across different cultures, languages, and working styles. They build awareness of how assumptions, context, and communication habits shape trust and misunderstanding.

I’m Nick Praulins, and I facilitate intercultural competence workshops that are practical, reflective, and designed for real organisational settings.

What these workshops focus on

Working across difference isn’t only about nationality. It’s also about:

  • communication norms

  • power distance and hierarchy

  • directness and disagreement

  • silence, pace, and decision-making

  • how tone is interpreted

These workshops create shared language around those patterns, without stereotypes or oversimplification.

Who’s it for?

Often useful for:

  • international and distributed teams

  • teams working across languages

  • organisations integrating new markets or teams

  • leaders working across cultural difference

  • teams experiencing friction that “doesn’t make sense on paper”

What teams leave with

Teams typically leave with:

  • a clearer map of how cultural difference shows up in daily work

  • practical ways to reduce misunderstanding and tension

  • stronger collaboration norms (especially in mixed teams)

  • better conversations about differences without blame

Format & delivery

Sessions can be delivered online or in person, ranging from:

  • short talks (60–90 mins)

  • half-day workshops

  • full-day facilitated learning sessions

Each session is adapted to your context, team composition, and goals.

FAQs

  • No. It’s not a checklist of “how country X behaves”. It’s a workshop that builds awareness and practical competence for real team situations.

  • No. The focus is practical, grounded, and connected to how teams actually work.

  • Yes, it often works very well as part of an offsite or ways-of-working session.

Get in touch

If you’re interested in intercultural competence workshops, contact me to discuss what’s most useful for your team.

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