Rising Performance of a Cross-Cultural Meeting

This training will help you increase the ability to run a successful cross-cultural meeting with higher performance and engagement

RISING PERFORMANCE OF A CROSS-CULTURAL MEETING

Date: October 9, 2025 (Thu) | Time: 3pm - 5pm

TRAINING CONTENT

To run a successful meeting in a global context, you must develop not only communication skills but also the ability to engage the participants across cultures, align their underlying expectations and deliver the results. This training program will help you to develop the skills to lead a successful cross-cultural meeting with more efficiency and impacts.

KEY ELEMENTS COVERED

• Alignment of expectations : What is really a good meeting ?
   
• How to run a meeting of people from different cultures ? (Key factors to consider)
   
• Key differences in approaches for meeting between Japanese and France / Westerners (East vs. West)
   
• Common challenges and opportunities (pitfalls & blind spots) at the meeting
   
• Key success factors to make a cross-cultural meeting effective (Must-know tips & practical advices)

TARGET AUDIENCE

Managers, Leaders, or anyone who are working with French-Japanese /or global teams, and looking to improve their ability to run a success cross-cultural meeting with more efficiency and effectiveness.

This training is limited to 8 participants.

Training method : Online, with interactive exercises and practical cases.

YOUR TRAINER

Akiko Klahr-Suzuki, founder and executive director of AKS Japan International, is an expert in international business and cross-cultural leadership. She has over 25 years of global business experience based in France, Japan and Switzerland, working with more than 20 countries spread over Europe, Asia and the Americas. She helps global Japanese companies in France/Europe to increase management efficiency, synergies and team performance.
Previously, she held the position of Associate Director, Head of the community of Japanese Global Growth Companies at the World Economic Forum (Organizer of “Davos” in Geneva) for 5 years. She developed business communities and dialogues with top Japanese and global business leaders.

Prior to this, Akiko worked at Hewlett-Packard Japan and France (European Headquarters) for about 10 years. She managed numbers of large scale changes and transformation with cross-functional projects (Marketing, Sales, Operation, Quality, IT, R&D) for 500 global accounts, developing solid understanding on the importance of transcultural leadership for global organizations.

Akiko has solid experience in mobilizing cross-cultural teams, leading to significantly improved business performance and global sales enablement. AKS’s clients include global Japanese companies in various industries as well as public organizations & leading business schools.

Intervenant(s)

Akiko Klahr-SuzukiExecutive Director, AKS Japan International