Do you want to excel in how your global projects are run? Would you like to include all voices in a productive dialogue in your global teams?

In the online learning process Virtual Collaboration in a Global Setting, you and your colleagues will acquire easy-to-use cross-cultural models and techniques, providing you with a solid platform for working across cultures.

In addition, you'll gain tools and insights on how to best collaborate remotely, drive projects from a distance, and facilitate engaging online meetings.

Virtual Collaboration in a Global Setting is a continuous learning process with a high learning impact.

This learning process gives you:

• Ready-to-use advice on how to prepare and facilitate engaging online meetings
• Tools to strengthen remote team performance and online collaboration
• Techniques on how to make all voices heard in the virtual, cross-cultural context
• Knowledge on how to make a 'Collaboration Agreement' in your global team
• Inspiration on how to build strong relationships and trust with remote colleagues – and why it's important
• Experience with the practical 4R Model that you can use as a cultural GPS and as a tool for marking dynamic cultural comparisons
• Methods to follow up in a culturally intelligent way so that agreements are fulfilled
• Tips on how to adapt your cross-cultural communication to remote colleagues with various cultural backgrounds

You can run Virtual Collaboration in a Global Setting as an internal learning process for any group of employees or managers in your company – for instance, for a specific team, project group or department, or as an open enrolment programme with participants across the organization.

The learning process is relevant for anyone who work in a global context with international colleagues/partners and often facilitate virtual meetings, do online events and/or drive global projects with a distributed team.

Virtual Collaboration in a Global Setting is a learning process with 3 or 4 online sessions of 2 hours each, delivered approximately a week apart.

During the dynamic and interactive online sessions, we use exercises, chats, breakout group discussions, and online whiteboards with the core focus of involving all participants and maintaining a high level of engagement. As participants, you'll get to try out a range of different online tools for inspiration.

In between the scheduled sessions, all participants will work together with a learning partner to reflect on the new learnings and do on-the-job exercises. This strengthens the common understanding and builds important relationships.

Bringing your new learning back to your day-to-day work is essential. Throughout the learning process we focus on how new knowledge can be translated into skills:

• What will you do differently in your global team?
• Which habits will you change in your online, cross-cultural work – and how?
• How will you use the new models and tools to support your distance collaboration?

The C3 book ‘Global Perspectives: A Practical Guide to Navigating Across Cultures’ is used throughout the process as a common platform to support the continuous learning.

Contact us to discuss how we can run Virtual Collaboration in a Global Setting as an internal learning process for a group of employees or managers in your company.

It is possible for participants to receive additional 1:1 coaching sessions to maximize implementation of the learnings. Contact us to learn more.

Check out our blog posts about virtual and hybrid collaboration

• 10 tips for effective global email communication
• Succeed in your global hybrid collaboration: 7 quick tips
• 3 assumptions you should challenge if you want to be successful at virtual collaboration
• 7 smart tools that can boost your virtual collaboration
• Bring in the humaneness: 6 techniques for building online relationships