ecornell E-learning: Leading Across Cultures
SBI250040
Overview
Leading across cultures is about adapting, communicating, thinking critically, and understanding your own biases. Dr.Jan Katz of Cornell University's School of Hotel Administration will help you explore the five key dimensions of cross-cultural leadership: culture, context, risk, linear/parallel hierarchy, and individualism/collectivism. After defining and sharing examples of each, Professor Katz will help you explore their impacts on business and how you can adapt to variations in different cultures. This course gives you the tools you need to continuously improve your cross-cultural leadership skills.
In the course project, you will examine the cultures and dimensions you work in, explore how compensation relates to risk, examine the hierarchy at your company, and evaluate your own leadership style as it relates to the cultures you work in. You will also get to investigate the 2015 Greek financial crisis and interview an international colleague before creating an action plan for your own future education around the impact of cultural variation on leadership.
Event Detail
Teaching Methodology
This module will be conducted in a highly interactive and engaging online learning platform. Learners will be engaged in online collaborations and discussions with peers & facilitators throughout the module.
Participants will have 2 weeks from the start date to complete the E-learning. Pls choose the start date during registration.
Programme/Agenda
Key Course Takeaways
- Assess your perspective so that you can develop a broader understanding of how cultural rules, stereotypes, and assumptions inform the way you think and work
- Develop a greater awareness of three key cross-cultural dimensions: context, risk, and linear/parallel so that you understand why you think the way you do, which will lead to more effective interactions with people from other countries
- Examine two key dimensions: hierarchy and individualism vs.collectivism, so that you can recognize differences within the group, circumvent issues that are likely to arise, and develop constructive strategies that leverage everyone's expertise and perspective
- Develop your own skills to lead across cultures, using proven strategies and best practices
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
Target Audience
This course is intended for mid to upperlevel managers, high potentials, and senior leaders. Learners may come from every continent and from a diverse range of organizations, including for-profits large and small, NGOs, and governmental agencies.
This course is also applicable to line managers or individual contributors with over three years of experience who are responsible for leading culturally or nationally diverse teams or who operate globally, as well as individual contributors in sales, marketing, and supply chain management who work extensively with clients or suppliers abroad. Anyone needing to manage through the challenges and opportunities of culturally diverse teams and individuals could also benefit from this course.