A Series - Skills for Practitioners, 'Train the Trainer' Workshops

Overview 2005

Workshop A1
Intercultural Career Planning
Workshop A2
Basic Intercultural Training Skills
Workshop A3
Developing Multicultural Teams
Workshop A4
International Leadership
Saturday
25th June

1 day
Monday & Tuesday
27th & 28th June
2 days
Wed & Thursday
29th & 30th June
2 days
Friday & Saturday
1st & 2nd July
2 days
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Becoming an Ethical, Competent and Effective Intercultural Practitioner: An Introduction to Intercultural Group Training
Schedule: Monday & Tuesday, 27th & 28th June 2005 - 2 days
Workshop facilitators: Jeremy Solomons & Peter Petzal
Intended for: Interculturalists who are new to training or who have trained elsewhere, but not with a focus on intercultural groups
Programme outline: Identify the differences between training, facilitating and presenting in an intercultural environment
Hear from experienced interculturalists about what is expected of an ethical and effective global trainer, facilitator and presenter and what the current trends and best practices are
Learn the basic five-step process of how to create and complete an effective and ethical intercultural workshop/presentation including needs assessment, session design, materials development, delivery/facilitation and debrief/follow-up
Observe, design and participate in key sections of typical training sessions
Practice delivery and facilitation skills in a supportive environment with constructive feedback (this is optional for a limited number of participants who wish to participate)
Develop concrete personal action plans for filling in immediate qualification or skill gaps over the short- to medium term and pursuing consistent professional development over the long term

Background: JEREMY SOLOMONS is a UK-born founding member of ICPW and founder/president of Jeremy Solomons & Associates, based in Austin, Texas. He provides customised coaching, facilitation and training in Career Development, Conflict Resolution, Global Diversity, Global Leadership, Intercultural Communication, Multicultural Teambuilding and Presentation Skills to current and future leaders around the world. In the past, he worked as a full-time Banker, Educator and Journalist in six multinational institutions and lived in eight countries in Asia, Europe and North America. He was a founding board member of SIETAR USA, with shared responsibility for Careers and Mentoring and has co-designed and co-delivered many workshops on intercultural and international career development in the USA and Europe since 1995
PETER PETZAL is a founding member of ICPW. Managing Director of 2ci, a UK based consultancy working with corporate management and international teams to ensure effective performance where working with other cultures. He has extensive experience at all levels of business from Government organisations, through major industrial companies to SMEs at both strategic and operations level. Much of his work involves designing and delivering training and facilitated workshops for international teams; global diversity projects and developing international leadership. In particular his work involves assessing and working with organisational differences, leveraging diversity and facilitating dispute resolution. Over the last few years he has developed an extensive practise on India within the 'outsourcing' field.