Intercultural competence is imperative for anyone working, leading, and communicating across cultures. The concept can be divided into three main components: knowing your own cultural identity, understanding the other´s perspective, and possessing an intercultural competence that is applicable in practice. Intercultural competence involves knowledge of culture and cultural differences as well as the ability to put this knowledge into practice in one’s own context. An interculturally competent person is able to communicate effectively with people with different cultural backgrounds in a way that earns their respect and trust. Additionally, intercultural competence involves the ability to adapt professional skills to different cultural environments. Finally, an interculturally competent person has the capacity to adjust personally and psychologically to different cultural contexts so that he or she feels comfortable and confident. In conlusion, intercultural knowledge and awareness translates into competence when it is applied to practical situations in professional life as well as private life. Human Entrance helps employees and managers develop an in-depth knowledge of culture and empower them to translate that knowledge into a useful competence
Our Approach to Learning
Human Entrance´s consultants use an interactive approach to learning, where participants´ experiences and reflections are in focus. We always strive for a dialogue between participants and consultants, facilitating learning opportunities. Our approach to learning involves providing managers and employees with awareness and competences as well as giving them opportunities to develop sustainable ways of relating to culture. Through our trainings, managers and employees increase their intercultural awareness and are given tools for turning their awareness into a competence, which is rewarding for both themselves and their organisation.
Our aim is always to enable the employee to:
- Become culturally aware
- Increase and deepen intercultural understanding
- Reflect on their own cultural identity
- Understand perceptions of own culture and of others´
- Develop mental and practical tools to approach cultural differences
- Successfully communicate interculturally
- Develop an intercultural competence
