"Weaving strength from differences"
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Team Productivity Work today is more complex, ambiguous and interdependent than ever before. Teams are one of the primary means of accomplishing this work. Diversity can enrich our understanding and increase the probability of sound decisions. It can also create confusion and frustration, cause people to waste time, lose money, and miss opportunity.Our teambuilding and skill development services give people the tools they need to not only respect and value differences, but to understand and leverage the differences for the benefit of all concerned.Clients report that they choose Nipporica Associates team development services because: * No Blaming: "Your approach didn't blame anyone, yet it acknowledged the real pain and skepticism or many of our team members, enabling us to get on with the work at hand." * Team Approach with the Client: "You worked with us as a team, allowing us to see the expertise we have and feel good about ourselves." * Independent Effectiveness: "We'll use the tools and processes you gave us on our own to continue the process." * Tailored: "You interviewed every member of our team, as well as our supervisors and colleagues. You observed our meetings and read our correspondence. You understood us better than we understood ourselves, and created materials and methods which proved it." * Open and Honest: ""You were all so friendly and approachable. I found myself saying things I would never admit to anyone, but I'm glad I did. You helped us create an atmosphere in which anything can be discussed positively." Click here to view client feedback from ANA Hotels.
A highly experiential and popular workshop in which participants use:
to develop their abilities to make decisions and solve problems using the expertise and insight of all concerned with the issue at hand. Workshop can be conducted publicly or privately.
Nipporica Associates can help your organization "internationalize" or "globalize" or adapt for specific cultures your human resource and organization development programs, services and systems. Click here to view client feedback on Nipporica's intercultural consulting services.
Taught by a team of expert Japanese and American trainers with intercultural and business experience, these workshops are information-filled, participatory, and skill-based, tailored to the specific needs and situations of participants. Standard modules include: * Religious Influences on Modern Japanese Business Practices, in which you will learn the meaning and use of silence, and practice linking with Japanese values when persuading or implementing change. * Japanese Thought Patterns and Communication Styles, for example, interpret the meaning of the answers you receive, "read" nonverbal clues, and analyze case studies illustrating common miscommunications in your company/industry. * The Intercultural Dynamic, for example, understand that is assumed and expected of you as a foreigner, see the difference in Japanese behaviors with foreigners vs. with other Japanese, see the particular realities and special issues of culturally mixed companies in Japan. Optional modules which can be used to meet your specific needs include establishing and maintaining credibility; etiquette for business entertaining; getting the business relationship off to a positive start; influencing and participating in the decision-making process; meetings - leadership and participation; negotiation; obtaining information - formally and informally; presenting to non-native English speakers; making the most of the business trip; trust, confidentiality and proprietary information; professional women in Japan. Workshops can be conducted publicly or privately, and materials can be licensed. Click here to view client feedback on Beyond Bowing Ready to do some more study on Japan? Click here to go to the Japanese business skills section of our On-line Resources.
By popular request, Nipporica has just developed a high-energy and information-packed two-day workshop that serves as an introduction to the various cultures of Asia, emphasizing and clarifying both similarities and differences between the countries. Currently available are modules on:
Through the use of video, storytelling, presentation, small group work, and several games and simulations, participants develop their understanding of Asian cultures and their abilities to work more effectively with Asian counterparts. This workshop can be tailored to your organization and usually is co-presented with several nationals of the countries discussed.
Hispanic ServicesThe Hispanic population in the U.S. is growing faster than any other group. Talented and hardworking Hispanics comprise a vital and largely under-utilized talent pool for U.S. corporations. The workshop entitled Šxito enables companies to better recognize and grow the talents of their Hispanic employees, while positioning the organization to attract and retain top Hispanic personnel.This empowering and highly interactive workshop covers key topics that are essential in assisting Hispanics and U.S. corporations to enhance workplace productivity, authentic contribution, and overall job satisfaction. Participants reflect on and learn about:
Finally, participants begin to create strategies for strengthening their organizations by capitalizing on cultural diversity. The workshop is co-facilitated by Carmen DeNeve and Dianne Hofner Saphiere. Prepare your managers, in any country, to more effectively manage your business across cultural and time differences. Incorporates analysis and practice of your business' real-time situations. Click here to view client feedback on global management development at Rohm and Haas Asia-Pacific.
Exercises, case studies, and simulations access participants' multiple learning styles (auditory, kinesthetic, visual) to help them to see and interpret the clues for learning to communicate intention accurately. Workshops can be conducted publicly or privately.
A workshop incorporating case studies, models and exercises to increase participants; abilities to bridge differences effectively and to enhance respect and value for the bridge person role.Workshops can be conducted publicly or privately. Click here to view client feedback on the Cultural Bridge.
A very practical one-day workshop designed to equip managers with the mindsets needed to work internationally with success. Includes analysis of globalization and the global organization, intercultural communication in business, case studies, using the English language effectively, Cultural Detective skills to make meaning of unfamiliar situations, and skills for telephone, fax, e-mail, meetings and reports.Workshops can be conducted publicly or privately.
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