Leading Culturally Diverse Teams in the Workplace (FutureLearn)

What topics will you cover?

The course will use case studies, reflective exercises and problem analysis to address the following themes:

- exploring what cultural diversity is

- investigating why cultural diversity matters in teams

- harnessing the potential benefits of multicultural teams

- leading diverse, inclusive, and high-performing teams.

What will you achieve?

By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...

- Identify and interpret cultural diversity within your organisation

- Develop sensitivity to cultural variations between and within countries

- Reflect on how culture influences your perspective

- Develop a deeper understanding of the opportunities and challenges of culturally diverse teams  and how to manage these

- Explore complexity associated with global virtual teams

- Improve communication across cultures and distance

- Identify how to leverage cultural diversity in teams to produce more creative solutions and make better decisions

- Identify how to harness the skills and abilities of multicultural individuals in teams  

- Develop an ability to inclusively lead diverse teams