German-American Cross-Cultural Business Training
Your challenges
your curriculum
No two transatlantic teams are identical. People and problems vary, which is why a tailored workshop starts with your objectives and your people, then assembles the modules that exactly address the things that matter most to your team — inhouse or online, at the same daily rate as our standard seminars.
Why German-American Cross-Cultural Business Training?
Why This Matters
Avoid Costly Traps
Anyone who disregards the very significant differences in the German and American business cultures is choosing to underperform and is willingly accepting the risk of outright failure. Choose to succeed instead!
The Pitfall
Unproductive Friction
Unfortunately, relationships are rarely as harmonious or productive as they should be. Misunderstandings, delays, broken commitments, and unwinnable power struggles sabotage outcomes.
The Reality
The Unavoidable Fact
If Germans work like Germans usually work, and Americans work like Americans usually work, anything created together will almost certainly underperform — or fail outright.
Training Options
Choose your Training Option
100 % Tailored Training Events (Inhouse or Online)
100% Tailored Training Events
Process Overview
Discovery
01
Needs Analysis Conversation
In-depth consultation to map out your transatlantic team structure, business objectives, and key operational friction points.
Discovery
02
Participants Needs Survey (Optional)
Targeted survey sent to your German and US team members to collect real-world input and daily intercultural challenges.
Planning & Execution
03
Planning & Delivery
Jointly designing the curriculum and delivering the customized seminar, workshop, or coaching session (Inhouse or Online).
Based on the proven principles
Core Cultural Principles
All training events are based on the principles of German-American Cross-Cultural Business Training, which includes a German-American Cultural Comparison, an overview of the challenges and problems that stem from the demonstrated cultural differences, proven working-style best practices, proven communication-style best practices tactics and techniques, and email tips, tricks and proven templates.
FORMAT & DELIVERY
Flexible Scheduling
Modular Component Selection
Depending on the specific goals of the training event, proven training
components from the following areas can be easily incorporated:
Component 01
American-Style Agile Project Management
Component 02
Change Management Strategies
Component 03
Mixed-Cultural Team Building: “How to achieve highly productive self-organizing/self-managing teams”
Component 04
Win-Win Negotiation Techniques
Component 05
Consultative Selling Techniques
Component 06
Distance Leadership: How to Lead Germans and/or How to Lead Americans
Component 07
German-American Cultural Alignment Moderation (Troubleshooting, etc.)
Contact
Daniel Donahey
+30 Years of Experience
For over 30 years he’s led seminars and coaching on team building, project management and win-win negotiation for companies across the USA and Europe.
Since 2011 he has taught International Sales Negotiation at WU Wien’s Professional MBA program, twice receiving the Teaching Award for Excellence.