Maximizing Intercultural Relationships

Whether traveling domestically or internationally, cultural differences are everywhere.  We believe that experiential training is foundational for any person encountering a lifestyle different from their own.  World Servants is committed to providing training that will help people to learn about themselves and others.  The goal is to create an environment where relationships are built, leadership is developed and lifelong learning takes place.  Through the use of active, experiential learning modules, these trainings simulate such an environment to prepare the participants for true-life change. 

World Servants Cross Cultural Orientation is offered in the field on the first full day of the mission trip, allowing everyone to participate and then move right into your trip experience. Each of our training curriculums use a practice to theory format.  They have been developed to move trip participants through this learning process by participation in exercises, followed by a guided reflection process that both internalizes and extracts lessons learned from these exercises.  This style of training is known as experiential learning and is proven to maximize the individuals' learning potential because of its hands-on nature.


Cross-Cultural Orientation - How Training Makes the Difference

Building effective relationships. Team conflict. Unclear focus. Culture shock. Unrealistic expectations.  These things can and do happen.  Instead of letting challenges like these short-circuit the potential life-change in your team, we want to help you capitalize on potential problems and turn them into opportunities to learn and grow.

World Servants Cross-Cultural Orientation (CCO) engages participants in the learning process.  Active, experiential learning designs provide a dynamic environment that has been shown to be the most effective at leading people into true life change. 

World Servants covers the following critical topics:

  • Team building
  • Understanding cultural differences
  • Conflict management
  • Cross-cultural communication
  • Storytelling
  • Debriefing
  • Life application
  • Flexibility