Working with China

Friday March 2, 2007 - OPEN
8:30-12:30
Location: 203 N Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL

Investment:

$295 if you register before Jan 31, 2006
$395 after Jan 31, 2006
Registration fees are fully refundable if you are unable to attend for any reason.
Additional participants from the same organization may attend for $195 per person.

Seating limited to 15
Registration Deadline: February 20, 2007

In today’s ever-shrinking world, multiculturalism and globalization are concepts which impact all of us – from multi-national corporations, small business, non-profits, and governments to associations, hospitals, and local school systems. It’s clear that understanding how to communicate across cultures has become more critical than ever.

Working with China is designed to help you to appreciate and then leverage culture’s impact on doing business with China. We enable you to collaborate more fruitfully across borders to develop a foundation for achieving common goals while building respect and mutual understanding. More importantly, we help ensure sustained success as you interact and communicate with your Chinese colleagues.

Who Should Attend?

• US-based teams
• Human Resource professionals
• Department Managers
• Sales and Marketing Executives/Relationship Managers
• Professionals and teams that work virtually with China
• Traveling SMEs

Key Topics:

• Trends and traditions shaping the business landscape of China today
• Effective virtual relationship-building strategies
• Frameworks for navigating cultural challenges
• American and Chinese decision-making styles
• Business acumen for working with your Chinese counterparts

Preparation: Participants are asked to bring real-life issues they have been experiencing when working and communicating with their Chinese colleagues.

Benefits/Outcomes: Participants will come away with a deeper understanding of U.S. and Chinese cultures and the tools needed to work more effectively, both virtually and in-person, with their Chinese colleagues and the skills to navigate those differences in a business context.

Methodology: A business driven approach involving expert led discussion, small-group work and interactive activities.

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About the Facilitators:

Maya Hu-Chan
Maya Hu-Chan is an international management consultant, certified executive coach, speaker and leadership development educator.  Born and raised in Taiwan, Maya specializes in global leadership, executive coaching and cross-cultural business skills.

Harvard Business School has chosen her book “Global Leadership: The Next Generation” to be one of their Working Knowledge recommended books.  This book was translated in Chinese.

In the past 15 years, she has worked extensively in China, Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Korea and Japan, helping multinational organizations develop their global workforce and business leaders as well as strengthen their multicultural and virtual teams.  Maya has taught numerous training courses in both English and Mandarin.  She has directly coached over 3,000 leaders in Fortune 500 companies and worked with major corporations throughout North America, Asia, Europe, South America, and Australia.

Rebecca Parrilla
Rebecca Parrilla is LCW's Director of Intercultural Programs.  Originally from Puerto Rico, Rebecca received her MBA in International Business from DePaul University and recently spent the last 2 years living and working in Shanghai.  Her full bio can be found here.

Upcoming Open Enrollment Courses:

Navigating Cultures:
Building Intercultural Competency
April 2007
Gurgaon, Mumbai, and Bangalore - India

 
Working with India
June 7, 2007
Chicago, Illinois - USA

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