Multilingual workforce: challenges and opportunities
Multilingual workforce: challenges and opportunities
Multiculturalism Work environment Cultural dimensions Communication Best practices
Nadezhda Chalykh
Nadezhda Chalykh is a trainer, consultant and speaker in the field of intercultural communication. Her approach is based on practical, dynamic and stimulating learning.
Better problem-solving skills, higher flexibility, stronger result orientation … These are some of numerous advantages a multilingual workforce has versus a monolingual one.
However, multilingual environments also come with a number of challenges:
Different levels of language proficiency create difficulties in understanding tasks and requirements.
Ideas and opinions are not fully expressed by non-native speakers.
Levels of engagement in corporate activities are lower than expected.
There are tensions between team members on the topic of politeness.
Good news is that the solutions to these challenges are within a multilingual team.
This conference will benefit participants in:
Understanding how to overcome communication challenges related to multilingual environments
Learning how to use multilingual team’ inner resources to enhance collaboration, creativity and inclusion
Getting confident about their linguistic skills when expressing ideas and opinions in a non-native language
The conference is interactive and will equip participants with practical tips to use in their day to day work.
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