Train the „Cross-Cultural Business Trainer“

For the success of this training, we expect participants to have general business experience in an international environment. Prolonged stays abroad of at least some months are needed to reflect those experiences and develop own training materials based on that.

This training is relevant for the following groups in particular:
- People who have already worked as trainers or consultants in different fields of business
- People with international business experience, who are interested to gain a qualification as Cross-Cultural trainers
- HR- Experts who want to add an additional qualification and train their own staff

The training is suitable for Chinese as well as foreigners living in China. The seminar language is English.

You will learn and improve in attitudes, skills and knowledge which is important to create a professional and customer oriented seminar. You will expand your own cross-cultural competence and ability of self-reflection. You define and optimize your own role for your career as a professional trainer by also learning how to take the first steps in the Cross-Cultural training market of China. You will gain a large variety of training tools and methods that you will learn to use independently to reach your training goals.

During this training, you will learn to be a trainer for one specific country of your own expertise. We will help you develop your personal training material which is based on your own preferences, priorities and experiences with the foreign culture. Relevant theoretical knowledge will be always coupled with the implementation on the highest practical level.

Training as Cross-Cultural Business Trainer ends with a certification process, where we test your attained training performance in practical and written form. You will receive an extensive feedback and evaluation from us, as well as a SinaLingua Training Certificate.

As we strongly believe that trainers need to be prepared for a large range of different training situations, we will deliver a broad variety of different seminar tools. At the end of the training, you will hold your personal toolbox, with methods that work for your individual trainer background. With this, you will be enabled to independently and individually reach the training goals of you and your customers. The training will target the following levels:- You will learn to make professional presentations with different forms of media, such as using your voice, body language and presentation tools to make the perfect impression- You will learn about the most efficient Cross-Cultural Training methods currently used, and also conduct these methods yourself- We will assist you to reflect your own experiences in using those tools, and in this way shape them for your own personal needs- Through "Learning by Doing", you will receive feedback from other training participants as well as experienced trainers to recognize your own training style- You learn to independently develop training material for specific groups of participants- After the modules, you will receive handouts with selected relevant literature- With given topics and methods, you will be conducting your own workshops with other participants. You will be recording your own practical experiences with selected questions and exercises of the SinaLingua trainers. - During and in between the trainings, an own SinaLingua created Internet platform enables you to exchange experiences, learning processes and questions- All training modules combine theoretical knowledge with practical exercises like role plays, simulations, case studies, video clips, presentations and moderated discussions. Training Content:- Agenda Introduction- Introduction of theoretical and practical basics of Cross-Cultural Trainings and Communication- Attitudes, Skills and Knowledge (ASK) of Cross-Cultural competence- Overview of possible training modules and structure- Overview of the particular methods at trainings: Case Studies, Role Plays, Cultural Dimensions, Cultural Standards, Communication Exercises, Simulations, Usage of videos, Ice Breaker Exercises, visual methods and others- Professional handling of different media and seminar room design: Using Flipcharts, PowerPoint, Whiteboards, Video, Music and others- Creating the perfect training start: work with participant expectations, analyzing target groups, introduction of trainer and participants, tools and exercises for ice breaking and introduction of the agenda- Differences of roles as country expert and moderation - Exercises with selected training materialThe times of the seminar are from 9:00 to 18:30 including breaks.Contents are: - Analysis of task given by customer- Creating your own seminar agenda- Development of training materials- Structuring training units- Exercises with selected training materials- How to brief and debrief interactive training units- Time management of a trainer- Rhetoric and articulation- Dealing with participants questions- Analyzing different participants groups- Dealing with different training situations (single training or larger groups)- Motivation of participants- Reacting flexibly to participants needs- My strengths and weaknesses as a trainer- Feedback of participants and feedback to customers- Making a living as a trainer: the Chinese training marketThe times of the seminar is between 9:00 and 18:30 including breaks

1. Thu-Phong Vuong is current General Manager for SinaLingua in China. With parents of Chinese heritage, he grew up in Germany and the USA, and is deeply familiar with the Chinese as well as the Western culture. After his Masters on International Business and Cultural Studies, he received several trainings, amongst others from renowned Neuland & Partner.
Since 1999 Thu-Phong has conducted more than 6000 hours of cross-cultural trainings for over 2000 executives and specialists. He has trained and coached staff of companies like Daimler, Volkswagen, Continental, Hilton Hotels and Siemens in Europe and China. In addition, he acted as head of cross-cultural trainings for Airbus from 2009-2012.

2. Irmgard Stroedel works as Product Manager for SinaLingua in Heidelberg, Germany. In this position, she is responsible for the development of the Cross-Cultural trainings for China and their professional moderation. Irmgard has trained hundreds of managers and specialists with Europe´s largest cooperations as well as with SMEs. She gained practical work experiences with the Chinese culture through her numerous projects in the country as well as her work in Chinese and German Im- and Export processes. Irmgard received a training as a systemic consultant at the Institute for Systemic Consulting in Wiesloch, Germany. For the Expo 2010 in Shanghai, she was responsible for the development of a Train-the-Trainer program for internal Expo-Trainers. She also created Cross-Cultural training programs for self-studies for Expo-staff and Volunteers. In the past years, she has conducted Train-the-Trainer courses in Shanghai.