Argonaut Training - Your cross cultural online solution

• Working Successfully Across Borders
• High Performing Teams
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• E-Learning for Intercultural success

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INTRO • WHAT • WHO • HOW • CLOSING

What is Argonaut? Cultural
Awareness
www.argonautonline.com for
Global Business Impact

• Online tool for internal organizational
use

• Blended learning solution for use inside
& outside of training and coaching
sessions

• Platform to manage intercultural
learning



Argonaut: underpinning values Cultural
Awareness
for
Help organizations help themselves by Global Business Impact

supporting people internally with
online solutions to:

•Improve internal communication

•Build high performing diverse teams

•Help individuals deal effectively with cultural transitions



What in practice? Cultural
Awareness
for

• Assessments
• Tutorials
• Reference material
• Exclusive content
• Discussions

To enable you to work effectively across cultures …



Common exercises and their goals Cultural
Awareness
for

Argonaut
Intercultural Cultural Negotiate
Standard
Study Guide Knowledge Bank Globally
Assessment

Start with a Guide Do the Assessment Learn about Cultures Build Your Skills
Engage learner in Provide trainer with group Gain solutions to specific Apply knowledge and
interesting content profile and robust needs business issues on demand skills
assessment and immediately
Cover important basics and Practice culturally
background information Allow learners to quickly Promote ongoing learning competent actions in
grasp cultural differences opportunities realistic situations
Allow face-to-face sessions
and its impact on work
to go deep quickly Find quick answers and Gain confidence and
Move learners toward insight to daily challenges preparedness with tips
strategy building and and strategies
problem solving



Argonaut can help: Cultural
Awareness
for
• Expatriates prepare for moves abroad Global Business Impact

• Global teams to work more effectively together

• Employees to better understand and work with
diverse peers, suppliers, and customers

• Executives to build their culture savvy before
business trips to other cultures



Original research Cultural
Awareness
for
• Doctoral research Global Business Impact
– Cross-Cultural Transition: a Case Study of Cultural
Conflict Incidents - Dr Carey Coghill, Georgia
State University
• 9 years data gathering with clients
• Cross-cultural literature
• PhD dissertations, academic research,
specialised journals, books, articles, etc.
• Structured interviews & statistical data analysis
– Expatriate managers US & Europe 1997- 2006
– Multi-cultural focus groups based in the UK
• Expert opinion
• Reality checks, validated by a native of the Sources for Argonaut’s
country, and a non-native who has extensive dimensions, reality checks,
exposure to the culture descriptions



The assessment ArgonautOnline Cultural
features a short Awareness
cultural for
Assessment... Global Business Impact

• that Overarching Themes
4 can help you understand
• your own preferred ways of
12 Total Dimensions
• working and how thisDimension
3 Questions per may be
similar and different to other
• cultures.
36 Questions



Individual profiles Cultural
Awareness
for

Common Exercises
• Cultural Layers, Identity
• Perception (Gap) Discussions
• Focused Culture Specific Info
• Challenge Identification
• Strategy and Skill Building
• Framework for Case
Study Analysis
Individual Feedback
(e.g. Coaching)



Cultural
Use the assessment to: Awareness
for

Gain strategies for working
more effectively with cultures



Cultural
for

Learn about how different
cultures tend to work around
key cultural dimensions



Cultural
for

Train yourself in daily
situations and possible
dilemmas where these
differences will surface …



Cultural
The Intercultural Study guide: Awareness
for

In the Intercultural Study
Guide you learn more about
key topics and concepts in
working across cultures ...


Cultural
for

Learn how to work cautiously
and effectively with stereotypes
..



Cultural
for

Explore the various types and
layers of culture that influence
you and others ...



Cultural
The Intercultural Study guide:
Awareness
for

And learn about how cultural
differences surface at work.



Cultural
The Negotiation Tutorial:
Awareness
for

Argonaut also features a number of add-on modules.
For example, in the Intercultural Negotiation Tutorial,
practice building negotiation skills that will help you to
develop trust across cultures.



Cultural
Awareness
for

To begin, set up a negotiation situation. Choose the
people, cultures, and mission that most closely
resembles situations you’ll face.



Cultural
Awareness
for

When presented with different options, choose the
negotiation strategy you think will be most effective.



Cultural
Awareness
for

Get feedback on the strategies you chose, and
specific advice for handling particular aspects of
negotiation in that culture, such as gender roles.



Cultural
Awareness
for

Save any notes you want to print.



The management team Cultural
Awareness
for

Maria Jicheva, Director
maria.jicheva@argonautonline.com

Caroline Beery, Director
caroline.beery@argonautonline.com

Manuel Heidegger, Director of Business Development
manuel.heidegger@argonautonline.com

Richard Farkas, Director of Technical Development
richard.farkas@argonautonline.com



Contributors Cultural
Awareness
for

Correspondents
Regular new material

Past contributors
Basic profiles, ad-hoc



Users Cultural
Awareness
for

Teams
Team training

Employees
Managers, specialists, others

Families
Expatriation

Students
Intercultural studies, exchanges



Using Argonaut for: Cultural
Awareness
for
Results

Understanding
Multicultural teams

Individual Learning Understanding
Cultural environment

Self awareness
Understanding others



Designing interventions Cultural
with Argonaut Assessments Awareness
for

Results

Individual Feedback Pair Comparisons Team Profiles
(e.g. Coaching)



Cultural
Benefits of Using ArgonautOnline
Awareness
for

• Engaging & interactive content for skill-building
• Learn on own schedule and at own pace
• Enhanced understanding of team dynamics
• Instant access to more than 70 cultural experts’ insight
• On demand strategies for daily dilemmas
• Practical solutions to work more effectively across cultures



Cultural
Value to Teams/Groups
Awareness
for
• Builds stronger teams Global Business Impact

• Streamlines work processes, saves time
• Enables better performance
• Facilitates knowledge transfer
• Extends value of training and coaching
• Provides concrete, practical solutions for immediate
implementation



Cultural
Awareness
for
Learn more at: Global Business Impact



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