{"id":9436,"date":"2025-07-07T09:33:20","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T09:33:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wood-kplus.at\/intercultural-empowerment-at-wood-k-plus-diversity-as-a-strength\/"},"modified":"2025-08-10T04:48:51","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T04:48:51","slug":"intercultural-empowerment-at-wood-k-plus-diversity-as-a-strength","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wood-kplus.at\/en\/intercultural-empowerment-at-wood-k-plus-diversity-as-a-strength\/","title":{"rendered":"Intercultural empowerment at Wood K plus \u2013 Diversity as a strength"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"9436\" class=\"elementor elementor-9436 elementor-8726\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-782e52b2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"782e52b2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d72d3c5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"d72d3c5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-91cc4ef elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"datePublished\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-calendar\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M12 192h424c6.6 0 12 5.4 12 12v260c0 26.5-21.5 48-48 48H48c-26.5 0-48-21.5-48-48V204c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12zm436-44v-36c0-26.5-21.5-48-48-48h-48V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12h-40c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12v52H160V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12h-40c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12v52H48C21.5 64 0 85.5 0 112v36c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h424c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time>7-7-2025<\/time>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41761e53 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"41761e53\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In an increasingly international research environment, intercultural competence is not just a \u2018nice-to-have\u2019 but a crucial skill for the future. Every day at Wood K plus, people from a wide variety of cultural backgrounds come together. Around a third of our employees are not from Austria \u2013 and that is precisely one of our greatest strengths.  <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c2c09f7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c2c09f7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d7d863b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d7d863b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65efb14 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"65efb14\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In order to better exploit this potential, the \u2018Intercultural Empowerment\u2019 project was launched. The aim was to promote diversity competence at various levels within the company \u2013 from administrative support and linguistic accessibility to targeted reflection within the team. <\/p><h4><span style=\"color: #b37652;\"><strong>A project with a lasting impact<\/strong><\/span><\/h4><p>During the course of the project, numerous measures were taken to facilitate cooperation in an international environment:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7dc0a2f elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"7dc0a2f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon icon-wood-k-icon-aufzaehlung\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">A guide for managers supports the efficient and smooth implementation of international new hires.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon icon-wood-k-icon-aufzaehlung\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Important documents are now also available in English.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon icon-wood-k-icon-aufzaehlung\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Onboarding has been expanded and better adapted to the needs of international employees.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b83c5af elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b83c5af\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>These structural adjustments are essential for better integrating international colleagues and making it easier for them to get started at Wood K plus.<\/p><h4><span style=\"color: #b37652;\"><strong>Workshop \u201eIntercultural Empowerment\u201c<\/strong><\/span><\/h4><p>The \u2018Intercultural Empowerment\u2019 workshop was held at all three locations in June 2025. Colleagues were able to spend a day focusing intensively on intercultural cooperation. The morning began with an exciting presentation that not only taught the basics of intercultural communication, but also made it clear why companies should engage with different cultures. In the afternoon, the workshop became interactive and participants were able to experience how intercultural cooperation works through games and group tasks. Prior to the workshop, colleagues had completed the Intercultural Preference Tool (IPT) questionnaire. This questionnaire records personal and culturally influenced preferences in the work context \u2013 for example, in relation to time management, communication or hierarchical thinking. The results were discussed in the workshop: for each dimension, the participants positioned themselves along a scale in the room according to their personal characteristics. 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