While doing
my internship at Executive Passage, I have been working with co-workers with
diverse cultural backgrounds on the marketing project for Fashion
Designer. We have worked as a team (one
co-worker was from Jamaica, other – from Brazil) and each of us has brought unique
ideas and suggestions regarding this project.
We have combined them, revised and implemented. We were successful in in our performance.
While
studying at Assiniboine Community College, I have been assigned to the group of
two classmates with diverse cultural backgrounds and age on the assessment in
Managing HR Function class. We needed to
prepare training (behavioral) strategy that the company could use. My classmates proposed to create a game based
on “Twister”. I didn’t know rules of
this game and have never played. They
explained me this game, type and rules of games that they want to create based
on “Twister”. I liked their idea, shared
also my thoughts, they said that it will appropriate game for the said strategy. As a result, we did well on our team
assessment.
There are
some thoughts how I would work with people from different backgrounds than mine
in the future:
- I would not make assumptions. I would treat each person as an individual and not a stereotype.
- I would listen carefully and asking follow-up questions for better understand what a client is asking for.
- I would express myself in a clear and concise manner and avoid the use of slang, since individuals from other cultures may not understand them.
- I would look for common ground. I would keep the focus on the common objective in order to achieve a more productive working relationship.
- I would socialize with co-workers.
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