The overall changing business environment along with new expectations towards jobs and requirements for work places, provide a general challenge for companies all over China. Especially the question, how enterprises can prepare and facilitate their businesses for a smooth transition to lower growth levels, has become a new key challenge for any foreign company in China recently.

Due to this development it is more and more important for companies in China to shift their focus on increasing work efficiency in administration as well as in the production area. But increasing workplace efficiency is not merely a question of doing more work in less time, it is also a question of focusing, so that employees can produce quality work with less efforts.

The German Chamber of Commerce in North China together with the European Chamber of Commerce Shenyang Chapter and AmCham China Northeast Chapter are cordially inviting you to join this half-day workshop with experienced speakers to discuss various relevant topics to improve your personal self-management and introduce how such an efficiency increase at any workplace can be achieved.

The following topics will be presented and discussed:

1. Effective Presentation Skills

• Balancing verbal and non-verbal messages
• Managing the presentation environment
• Using visual aids to support materials
• Handling questions from the audience

2. Time Management

• Time management vs self-management
• Concentration, focus and organization
• Managing technology
• Creating boundaries and balance

3. Relationship Management in Cross-Cultural Teams

• Intercultural agility & global mindset
• Trust and relationship (guanxi) building with people from different cultural backgrounds: Hints and proven strategies
• Handling conflicts and solving problems in a culturally appropriate way
• Influencing across hierarchies

Language: English