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Welcome to Global Training Partners!

Global Training Partners (GTP) cross cultural trainings and intercultural workshops help global companies in improving their communication, efficiency and profitability when doing business across cultures. Our focus areas include global teamwork, diversity and leadership trainings in classroom-based, online training or a combination of both for a blended learning solution. Our programs provide the skills and practical applications necessary for executives to successfully communicate, negotiate and work with clients, team members and suppliers from other cultures.

 

Our solution oriented trainings are available in over 100 cities worldwide. Sessions focus on the real workplace cross cultural and global management skills needed to achieve your organization’s goals.

What type of cross-cultural training solution are you looking for?

Cultural training, briefings and workshops to build business effectiveness in China, India, the Middle East, Russia, Brazil, and every major global business location

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Cross-cultural communication, management, leadership and work skills training for anyone in an international work role, including cultural training that builds the effectiveness

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Cross-cultural training for a diverse range of business sectors, including retail, law, financial services, manufacturing, professional services, & many others

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  • GTP was very helpful in meeting the Customer Service Skills Acquisition and Development Team course needs by suggesting various course options GTP has to offer. I highly recommend Global Training Partners and the Cultural Effectiveness Training course offered.

    Dow Corning Corporation
  • “The contents of the workshop and the trainer who led the workshop were excellent. Great tips for adapting into a new culture without losing your own identity!  It was very useful to learn social etiquette, and understand local values and morals. This program was a real eye opener!  Thank you!!”

    RBS
  • “The training was most useful in raising my awareness in several situations of business and professional life.  The trainer was excellent in responding to my questions and needs.  I would recommend this program to others in my company.”

    Simcorp
  • “The program content fully met my expectations touching in detail on my own interests and questions.  I would highly recommend this course to my colleagues because it gives a holistic and multi-faceted view and considerations of other cultures.”

    General Motors
  • “This program will be of value to me in my new assignment by increasing my awareness, helping me remember to keep in mind cultural differences and be conscious of it.  The trainer did a great job providing many relevant examples and engaging stories.  Overall an enjoyable and great training!”

    Johnson & Johnson
  • “The training far exceeded my expectations.  Examples provided by the trainer over the various sections was the most interesting part.  The training is not only important and useful for Malaysia but for other countries as well.”

    Global Merchandising Retail Chain
  • “I was very impressed with the trainer’s ability to deliver the program in a very interactive way.  The most valuable aspects of the training were: understanding the impact of hierarchy and the importance of relationships.”

    Danone Dumex
  • “This training will improve my productivity and effectiveness by improving my communication with my Asian business partners and teams.  I would especially recommend this seminar to others because it is adapted to the client’s needs.”

    BD – BectonDickinson
  • “The training was very worthwhile.  I was very impressed with the trainer’s ability to deliver the program.  He was very knowledgeable and provided lots of good examples and situations to underline the theory.”

    Alstom
  • “The training objectives were completely relevant to my particular work situation.  I feel this program has better prepared me to become effective in working with and supervising the Thais.”

    Dow Chemical
  • “I have gained more knowledge now to work effectively with my Asian team mates and clients. The trainer was excellent and worked hard to organize the session around my busy schedule.”

    LaFarge
  • “The cultural training program and trainer were excellent.  What I learned from this program will be very helpful to me in my life abroad.  I would definitely recommend this program to others in my company.”

    McDonalds Restaurants
  • “I was most satisfied with the trainer’s ability to deliver the program.  The training will impact on my job performance by being able to communicate with people from other countries better and know how to deal with them.”

    Standard Chartered Bank
  • “The program has increased my capability of performing my current job tasks.  It definitely helps a lot in understanding the culture as well as building relationships with my team.”

    ON Semiconductors
  • “The training was extremely helpful in preparing me for the challenges of relocation.  The consultant’s knowledge and presentation skills were excellent.  The entire presentation was delivered with the experience of a trainer who clearly enjoyed his time living in Japan.  I feel better prepared for the move and understand the culture and what I can and can not do now!”

    Global Merchandising Retail Chain
  • “I believe that the training will have a strong impact on my ability to perform my new job successfully.  It was highly valuable to learn about business relationship building in multicultural teams.”

    Cargill
  • “The training was most useful in learning the key strategies for getting the best from a global virtual team.  It is an essential training for global companies.”

    DHL
  • “On behalf of the entire management team here at Verrex, we wanted to express our appreciation to you for the seminar on “Working Effectively Across Cultures: Focus Asia”. It was extremely informative and enlightening.
    Once again, thank you for making the seminar successful, and we appreciate your continued support now and in the future as we grow in ASIA-PAC.”

    Verrex
  • “Virtually everyone thought it was interesting and useful.  Thanks for your time and effort in tailoring it to our requirements.  I would recommend this program to others in my company.”

    HSBC
  • “It was definitely worth it to attend the workshop.  I would recommend this program to others in my company. The trainer had excellent knowledge of the material and was very attentive.  Thank you!”

    Hapag-Llyod
  • GTP was very helpful in meeting the Customer Service Skills Acquisition and Development Team course needs by suggesting various course options GTP has to offer. I highly recommend Global Training Partners and the Cultural Effectiveness Training course offered.

    Dow Corning Corporation
  • “The contents of the workshop and the trainer who led the workshop were excellent. Great tips for adapting into a new culture without losing your own identity!  It was very useful to learn social etiquette, and understand local values and morals. This program was a real eye opener!  Thank you!!”

    RBS

Who we are

Global Training Partners has a 20 year track record of success delivering high-impact cross-cultural training and coaching for clients from every major business sector.

 

Our cross-cultural training courses have enabled thousands of leaders, managers and executives to work more effectively across the boundaries between countries and cultures, so adding measurable bottom-line business benefits.

  • Absolute specialisation in cross-cultural training
  • Wide variety of learning formats
  • Highly qualified cultural trainers, coaches and facilitators
  • Thought-leaders in cultural awareness and intercultural training
  • Cross-cultural training associates located in every major global business location

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What we do

Global Training Partners provides an unrivalled range of cross-cultural training and coaching solutions that build cultural awareness, understanding and skills to enable organisations, teams, and people, to work more effectively across the boundaries between countries and cultures.

 

Our customers include many of world’s most successful global businesses operating in a wide range of business sectors, including financial services, law and professional services, advertising, manufacturing, retail, and many more.

  • Cultural awareness training and coaching
  • Country and region-specific cultural briefings
  • High-performance global teams training
  • Business effectiveness workshops for China, India, Russia, and around the world
  • In-house, online and open cross-cultural training delivery

Working with Clients from every major business sector

The benefits our training solutions offer

  • Develop proven skills for managing, working and communicating effectively in global business
  • Improve confidence in working with partners, colleagues, suppliers and customers from around the world
  • Acquire up-to-date knowledge of the impact of cultural differences in international business
  • Avoid cultural mistakes and misunderstandings that damage global business relationships
  • Manage off-shore working partnerships more productively and effectively
  • Build better performance in global virtual teams
  • Lead and manage colleagues from different countries and cultures

How our clients rate us

Training program was customized to my needs – 100%
Introduced competencies and content useful to me – 98%
Effective high quality training materials – 98%
Experienced trainers and coaches – 100%
Would recommend this program to others in my company – 99%
Easy to do business with – 100%

Our most popular cross-cultural training courses

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Asia Cultural Awareness Training

Main topics of the seminar are creating a deeper appreciation for how culture impacts workplace issues, develop a greater understanding of Asian business behaviors and  develop core skills that will enable you to be effective when working in Asia Pacific.

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Working Effectively In The Global Workplace

Main topics of the seminar are creating a deeper appreciation for how culture impacts workplace issues, develop a greater understanding of global business behaviors and develop core skills that will enable you to be effective when working with Asian, Western and European colleagues

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Focus on China Business Culture

The focus is on building practical skills for communicating, working, negotiating and doing business with Chinese colleagues, suppliers, customers and other business contacts.

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Focus on USA Business Culture

Main topics of the seminar are creating a deeper appreciation for how culture impacts workplace issues, develop a greater understanding of American business behaviors and develop core skills that will enable you to be effective when working with Americans.

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Enrol in any of our online courses and receive these free cross-cultural training white-papers, activities, exercises and resources.

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Doing Business with China

Our free ‘Doing Business with China’ workbook develops awareness and understanding of key elements of Chinese business culture, business traditions & business etiquette.

The workbook is packed with hints, tips and practical strategies to enable you to build more productive commercial relationships, and to work more effectively, with customers, colleagues and other business contacts in China. Please note-this is the free version of the workbook for our online video learning programme on China. The workbook refers to videos which are only available in the online full course.

The workbook will perform effectively without access to the video components.

Enrol in our online courses and download your free China course.

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Developing Cultural Awareness eBook

The eBook explores what cultural awareness is, and why it is a vitally important capability for individuals, teams and organisations working globally.

‘Understanding Cultural Awareness and Cross-Cultural Communication Skills’ is a useful and insightful introduction for anyone who needs to know more about how to work globally, and introduces many of the themes and ideas covered in cross-cultural training and cultural awareness courses. The eBook explores what cultural awareness is, and why it is a vitally important capability for individuals, teams and organisations working globally and introduces many of the themes and ideas covered, ‘Understanding Cultural Awareness and Cross-Cultural Communication Skills’ is a useful and insightful.

Enrol in our online courses and download your free Developing Cultural Awareness eBook.

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Training Exercise Pack

Our free ‘Intercultural Training Exercise Pack’ offers easy-to-use intercultural and cultural awareness learning activities that can add a useful additional element to any in-house training courses you run, including management development programmes.

This free activity pack contains 15 cultural awareness training activities or exercises designed for this type of use in a variety of different training programmes, and which provides a ready-made source of suitable cross-cultural and cultural awareness training activities.

Feel free to download an use any of these activities in your training programmes completely free of charge.

Enrol in our online courses and download your free Training Exercise Pack.

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USA Culture & Business Culture Briefing

Business visitors to the USA may well need to set aside more than a few stereotypes in order to do business effectively with the country’s hugely diverse workforce.

This white-paper, available for download now, looks in depth at at USA culture and business culture and explores how to work effectively in the USA business environment. Designed for people new to the USA and the USA work environment, the white-paper explores in depth many important issues.

Enrol in our online courses and download your free Briefing on USA Culture and Business Culture

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India Business Culture Briefing

This business-culture briefing on India is packed with useful, practical and up-to-date information on India culture and business-culture.

The briefing provides an in-depth and nuanced look at Indian business-culture, with content including hints, tips on building better business relationships; gifts; business-cards; socializing; gender; appointments, schedules and deadlines; influencing and decision-making; negotiating; meetings; hierarchies, status and leadership; communication styles; giving feedback; greetings, gestures and body language; business dress, and much more.

The briefing offers a practical resource to help anyone who works with India.

Enrol in our online courses and download your free India Business Culture Briefing.

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