The ability to communicate across cultures, influence and motivate others becomes critical. We need to be able to determine what aspects of an interaction are simply results of personality difference and which, a result of differences in cultural perspective is.
Robert Walters Singapore conducted a workshop, ‘Leveraging a Multicultural Workforce’, and invited Dr. Zsuzsanna Tungli, Managing Partner of Developing Global Leaders Asia & Cultural Training Asia, and Author of The Culture Key between Asia and the West, to share her insights on what expats and local employees can do to create more effective interactions and support organisations in driving meaningful and successful initiatives to bring local talent into regional/global leadership positions.
In the first half of the event, Dr. Tungli spoke on important cultural differences, such as indirect and direct communication, the different approaches to hierarchy and the role of silence in communication, sharing examples and case studies which the participants resonated strongly with. In the second half of the event, participants came together to discuss important key issues such as:
“We work with many companies across different sectors in Singapore and we’ve noticed more companies looking to actively build a diverse and multicultural workforce in recent years,” shared one senior consultant in the HR division at Robert Walters. “However, one common challenge many companies seem to face is a shortage of skilled local or Asian talent at top management roles. It was good to be able to discuss this challenge in detail, and explore what steps can be taken to start building a good pipeline of Asian leaders for the future.”
To find out more on how you can build a more diverse and multicultural workforce, refer to our whitepaper: How to attract and retain the right talent to grow your business internationally.
To learn more about Dr Zsuzsanna Tungli and Developing Global Leaders Asia, visit their website here.
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