A Practical Guide for Professionals 

Why does your German manager's "helpful" feedback feel like a personal attack? Why do your perfectly polite emails get ignored? And why does everyone seem unfazed when you're mortified?

If you're planning to work in Germany—or already navigating German business culture—this workshop gives you what generic cultural training doesn't: research-based frameworks and immediately actionable strategies for your first job in Germany.

What You'll Learn: This isn't about memorizing stereotypes. Using evidence from cross-cultural management research (Erin Meyer's Culture Map, Hofstede, Hall), you'll decode the logic behind German workplace communication—from direct feedback styles to email expectations, meeting protocols to decision-making hierarchies. You'll practice handling uncomfortable scenarios through interactive role play, learn to separate task-criticism from personal judgment, and develop a personalized action plan for building credibility fast.

What Makes This Different:

• Intellectually rigorous: Grounded in academic frameworks, not cultural clichés
• Highly interactive: Role plays, case analysis, and peer discussion
• Immediately practical: Walk away with templates, checklists, and a week-by-week roadmap
• Valuable for everyone: Even German participants gain insight into how they're perceived

Who Should Attend: International students entering the German job market, international professionals, and anyone curious about strategic cross-cultural adaptation.

Your first job sets the trajectory for your entire career in Germany. Make it count.

By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:

1. Analyse their own communication style using evidence-based cultural frameworks (Meyer, Hall, Hofstede) and identify specific adjustments needed for German professional contexts
2. Interpret direct German feedback and communication patterns accurately, distinguishing between task-criticism and personal judgment
3. Apply strategic communication behaviours that build credibility within German organizational cultures
4. Navigate the paradox of German workplace hierarchy—formal structures with expectation of autonomous responsibility
5. Develop a personalized action plan based on cross-cultural adaptation principles rather than stereotypes

Meeting Link: https://tuhh.zoom.us/j/85966389252?pwd=1aIY9odQYgoXrKaY3rOa5wC1aGDW7O.1 

About Dr. Laleh Gomari-Luksch

Dr. Gomari-Luksch is a Senior International Project Manager leading global teams and holds a PhD in International Relations from the University of St. Andrews and University of Tübingen. Having lived and worked in the Philippines, Iran, Scotland, and Germany, she brings extensive cross-cultural experience to understanding the challenges international professionals face in German work environments. Her workshops draw on both academic expertise and practical experience to address critical aspects of German workplace culture, including direct communication styles, professional feedback, and dealing with administrative processes.

Important information on registration and deregistration

If all places are already taken, you are welcome to put your name on the waiting list. We will then inform you as soon as places become available.

If you are unable to attend an event for which you must register for important reasons, please cancel your registration as soon as possible. Unexcused absences will result in you not being able to register for further events.

With funding from the German Academic Exchange Service and the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space.