Lost in Translation? Challenges of Cross-Cultural Teams

Join us for an open Question/Answer session discussing cross cultural talent and managing such teams. Today’s businesses are largely multi-cultural, multi-ethnic and multi-lingual – right in one office. When team members are scattered across the globe, additional challenges are layered on. While it is tricky to get a group of people from different backgrounds, nations, mother tongues and mindsets to work seamlessly together – it can be done and to the benefit of all. Bring your questions to this virtual meeting! You will learn what role do values play in intrinsic and team motivation and how can you find common ground amongst people from all across the globe as well as

1. how to lead cross cultural teams in your local marketplace
2. how to select, manage and motivate many-culture teams from the global marketplace
3. how to navigate cross-cultural differences on international development projects
   

The facilitators have extensive experience working with international businesses and cross cultural teams. They will open the floor to your questions related to the challenges of leading and working within cross cultural team. We also welcome the answers you have to other participants’ questions!

Svetlana Kamyshanskaya
International Business Lawyer | Startup Advisor

Svetlana Kamyshanskaya is an accomplished attorney with 20 years of successful experience in legal practice and business.

Svetlana assists her clients in conducting international business transactions by identifying the risks related to transactions as well as potential corporate governance and compliance problems while helping to address them.

Prior to starting her firm, Primum Law Group, Svetlana worked at a business consulting company assisting  seasoned businesses as well as start-ups in a process of US market entry through development and implementation of their market entry strategy conducting risk assessment of commercial transactions, identifying a potential area of compliance vulnerability and risk, developing and implementing corrective action plans for resolution of problematic issues as well as negotiating and drafting commercial contracts.

Lamya Alaoui

Lamya is a certified behavioral consultant and co-founder of CREDAS. Lamya’s corporate background includes 15+ years experience in Operations and Talent Management, where she had the opportunity to build and lead teams across Africa, Asia, Europe and North America for companies such as Bertelsmann, Orange, Intelcia, Groupon, Google, and Microsoft. Her work focuses on improving workplace performance, morale, and inclusivity through a better understanding of cultural differences, diversity, bias and behavioral dimensions. She mentors startups at the Alchemist accelerator, Alley Powered by Verizon and Plug and Play, serves on the Board of Directors of the Women’s Club of Silicon Valley, and is an advisor for Astia, a global not-for-profit organization built on a community of experts whose goal is to ensure the success of women in high-growth start-ups.