Webinar: Building Trust Across Cultures | Ghana | Africa

woensdag 25 juni 2025
Organisator
Cultural Insights Ghana Netherlands Business and Culture Council (GNBCC)Evenement data
Van 25 juni 2025 15:30 Tot 25 juni 2025 17:00Doing business internationally is an exciting journey—but cultural differences can present real challenges. From varying communication styles to contrasting ideas on leadership, planning, and ownership, navigating these nuances is key to success.
Join us for an eye-opening webinar that explores how to communicate, lead, and collaborate more effectively across cultural lines. This session will introduce participants to Intercultural Management and unpack the deeper logic behind behavior in cross-cultural business settings.
𝗬𝗼𝘂’𝗹𝗹 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻:
✅ How to build trust across cultures
✅ What drives differences in communication and expectations
✅ Practical tools for navigating global business relationships with greater confidence and understanding
📅 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲: 𝟮𝟱𝘁𝗵 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱
⏰ Time: 15:30–17:00 CET
📍 Platform: Zoom
🔗 Register here
The session will be led by Alette Vonk, owner of Cultural Insights, an experienced intercultural management consultant with over 30 years of experience working across Europe and Africa.
About Cultural Insights / Alette Vonk:
Alette Vonk is a freelance consultant intercultural management and change facilitation. She is the chair of the Cooperative Cultural Insights and one of the Friends of Hofstede, a network that is internationally known for in depth cultural consultancy. She is also a lecturer Intercultural Management at the University of Leiden.
In the past thirty years, Vonk has given training and managed change processes of teams, companies, and communities. Coming from the Netherlands herself, she lived and worked in Ghana for five years, and another five years in Benin, Cameroon, and Botswana. Her clients range from small to large companies, development agencies, non-governmental and government organizations. Vonk is the co-author of the book: ‘Cultural Confluence in organizational change: A Portuguese venture in Angola’ (Springer, 2024).
Vonk holds an MSc. in Development Sociology and Practitioner's certificates in Intercultural Management (ICM); Organizational Culture (OC); Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) and Organizational Development (OD).