You don't have to say yes! Disagreeing across cultures

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You don't have to say yes!

Disagreeing across cultures.

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What is your reaction when people disagree with you?

Emotional
Logical
Both

The Challenge: Disagreeing with someone risks the relationship with them and often devolves into conflict. And yet, disagreement is an essential function in any team to ensure better decisions.

The Solution: This masterclass and learning path will help learners contribute to constructive disagreement informed by culture and provide practical suggestions.

The Results:

Constructive disagreement
Reduce emotional impact
More effective team contributions

You don't have to say yes! Disagreeing across cultures.

	INPUT	OUTPUT
Why we should disagree	Poll: Is conflict always negative? Chat: What is your emotional reaction to conflict in your team?	Visibility for facilitator and introduction to topic.
	The challenge of the status quo: echo-chambers and stagnation. ‘Smile up and kick down’ – the risk of false harmony. The personal cost – agreeing when you disagree.	The negative side of agreement.
	Video: constructive conflict. The value in disagreement. Scenario: challenging accepted views.	Understanding of why disagreement is crucially important to organizations.
How to disagree	The cultural perspective: how people disagree and react to disagreement. Shared vs concentrated power Explicit vs implicit	Showing how culture impacts disagreements.
	Disagreeing in practice: Depersonalizing Facts not opinions; clarity not emotions Earn the right to explain (listening) Seeking resolution	Practical suggestions.
	Scenario activity.	Applying principles to an example.
Summary and next steps	Chat: learner experiences and examples. Summary and key learning.	Highlighting shared experience and learning points.
Summary and next steps	What next? Additional support and learning transfer.	Resources for ongoing development.