Managing Multicultural Teams

C1 · Advanced1 hr 13 minBusiness English AdvancedLesson 5 of 8 · Outline

Aims

Goal: lead the first meeting of a multicultural team — frame difference as the asset, co-create working norms, and defuse the first style clash without taking sides.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: Day one of a mixed team

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: Why mixed teams swing both ways

    Read a 203-word text about Why mixed teams swing both ways

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Multicultural Team Management Vocabulary

    6 items

  3. Framework6 min

    Framework: The Team Charter Move

    The Team Charter Move, 4 steps

  4. Reading10 min

    Reading: Three model moments

    Read a 321-word text about Three model moments

  5. Practice7 min

    Practice: Fix the Culturally Unaware Team Practices

    Error-correction exercise, 4 items

  6. Practice7 min

    Practice: Multicultural Team Language

    Gap-fill exercise, 5 items

  7. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Resolving a Multicultural Team Conflict

    Role-play: You manage a team with members from the US, Japan, and Brazil. There's a conflict about project approach. (3 lines)

  8. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Your mission: open the team

    3 discussion questions

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