In connection with Siemens Wind Power's expansion in China, C3 held a number of cultural awareness workshops for the employees in Denmark who were going to have frequent contact with Chinese staff and business partners.

The workshops focused on giving the participants:

• an increased awareness and understanding of the Chinese culture and the participants' own cultures
• tools to communicate consciously and effectively with Chinese colleagues and business partners
• knowledge of 'guanxi' – the Chinese way of networking – and practical methods to build good relationships

Testimonial on C3's Chinese cultural awareness workshops for Siemens Wind Power:

In March 2016, Siemens Denmark decided to target a one-day global mindset training programme to the company’s office apprentices.

As Siemens is a global organization, the apprentices communicate and collaborate frequently with colleagues, clients, and business partners from various countries and of different nationalities.

The goals of the training were to:

• increase awareness and understanding of the apprentices’ own culture and other cultures
• provide practical tools to enhance cross-cultural communication and collaboration
• strengthen the apprentices’ curiosity and global mindset

Participant feedback:

"I liked the hands-on models and tools I have gained for improving my understanding of cultural differences, and how these can underlie behavior that I otherwise wouldn’t regard as normal. Super cool that the trainer shows engagement and is enthusiastic about the material we were trained in. This also enhances your learning ability."

"The subject of the training was really interesting. Additionally the training itself was being held in a great way – the trainer presented the different subjects, and we then discussed the subjects in our different groups. To me this is a very good way of learning."

"I liked the good advice I gained on how to make presentations, even though it was related to meetings, I think it will also be helpful when presenting my final exam and at school in general. I think it was some really good inputs and explanations on why it might be a little taboo to ask questions about other’s background, and at the same time you gained tools for opening up for these questions without seeming offensive or improper."

"Annette was really good at explaining and elaborating on the issues that often result from working / communicating in a large, international company. At the same time, the training was a big eye opener in understanding that the way we Danes work is not necessarily always the right way."

"I liked that the trainer had so much experience on the subject and thereby could specialize the presentation / discussions to what we were interested in knowing."

"I liked that it was a mix of exercises and power point. There was a good dialogue and I felt concentrated throughout the entire day."

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