Join us on March 9th at 19:00 at the Opus Jazz Club

Cross-cultural Teams: Stories of East Meeting West

• Guest: Mark Rood
  • Mark is a social-entrepreneur from the U.S. who teaches, coaches, and leads university students and staff in Tokyo, Japan.  He has lived in Japan for 13 years with his wife (Jin) and three children.  Mark leads a successful activity club that involves hundreds of Japanese university students in six locations throughout Japan.  We are excited to have Mark as a partner for D3-Hungary, and we look forward to collaborating with him in the area of service-learning research.
• Interviewer: Benjamin Illes
• Topic: Cross-cultural Teams: Stories of East Meeting West

Frustration, misunderstandings, anger and failure; these are the most common experiences of those who seek to work cross culturally. Many return to their home culture with a very negative view of the locals and also leave a very negative impression on their host country. Is it possible to work in a cross cultural setting in a meaningful, fulfilling and effective way? Cross cultural teams are becoming more and more common in today’s business climate and are here to stay. Together we will explore the challenges and opportunities that intercultural teams provide, how they benefit individuals on the team and the team’s performance as a whole. Finally we will talk about some practicals how to lead and facilitate intercultural teams.