Sino-German collaboration

Since years, China is Germany’s largest trading partner. Often the German knowledge about China is still limited and biased by media coverage and individual projections about each other. Covid has magnified the collaboration challenge between teams and sites – working from home offices with initially limited technical equipment on both sides, prevalence of virtual exchanges over online meetings, limited travel options to Chinese subsidiaries which are expected to last into 2022 etc. Given all these constraints and cultural magnifiers in the virtual context, misunderstandings in Sino-German project teams have been on the rise.

Our intercultural business training provides a refresher of the Chinese mindset and highlights selected cultural, political, historical and economic backgrounds and actual developments. Depending on the needs of the participants, the following topics, for example, which play a role in working with Chinese business partners and colleagues, can be examined:

• Sino-German perceptions. Key Sino-German values
• Mindset – What are differences and similarities?
• Trust – How do I build sustainable business relationships, what business customs should I observe?
• Communicating effectively in projects – decoding implicit messages and body language
• Hierarchy@work – understanding leadership styles & decision-making
• Working styles, time management & understanding of planning
• Creating synergies in the Sino-German collaboration – developing strategies for smooth interactions between German and Chinese colleagues & business partners

Benefits

• Your contacts and projects will run smoothly
• You can prevent misunderstandings and conflicts
• You save time, nerves and money

Methods

• Virtual tools (including polls, chat, whiteboard, quizzes)
• Interactive exercises & breakout sessions in tandems & groups
• Videos
• Sharing of experiences and discussion among participants

Note on times

• As a virtual workshop: 9 am – 12 pm and 2 pm – 5 pm
• As in-house measure: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. incl. lunch and coffee breaks

Number of participants: 3 to max. 10

You can book the training as an in-house measure or as a virtual training. If more than two people are interested, we can also schedule an open training according to your wishes. Ask about the possibilities under the registration below.

Training languages: English, German and French