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NO.1
PEOPLE -Team Cultural Integration Workshop - Embrace Diversity and Foster Inclusion
集团第1期【PEOPLE-团队文化融合工作坊】-- 拥抱多样性,促进包容性
On July 10, 2024, the first team culture integration workshop of Minth Group was successfully held at the PTI factory in East Tawas, USA. A total of 29 employees from China, the United States, Mexico, and India participated. The theme of the workshop was [PEOPLE], focusing on practices in a cross-cultural work environment. It aimed to explore diversity and commonalities among people while enhancing cross-cultural intelligence to improve "cross-cultural communication" and "cross-cultural collaboration" skills, thereby building a more diverse, equal, and inclusive global agile organization.
2024年7月10日,敏实集团第一期团队文化融合工作坊在美国东塔瓦斯PTI工厂顺利举行,共有29名来自中国、美国、墨西哥、印度等国籍的员工参加。本次工作坊的主题为【PEOPLE】,基于跨文化工作环境中的实践,旨在探索人的多样性和共性,同时提高跨文化智力以提升“跨文化沟通”和“跨文化协作”的能力,以构建更多元、平等、包容的全球化敏捷组织。
Hello
Leader's Speaking
领导讲话
John Zanti, Senior Plant Manager of PTI, opened the session by sharing, "There is a great need for us to have cultural training, as we need to be more diverse and inclusive in our perceptions and thoughts in a workplace where there are employees of so many nationalities working together. The different nationalities and backgrounds that make up PTI, working together for the betterment of the world. So we get together to learn and exchange cultures is part of that integration."
PTI 工厂高级经理 John Zanti 在开场环节分享道:“我们很有必要去开展关于文化类的培训,在拥有如此多国籍员工的工作环境下,我们的认知和思想需要更加多元且包容。不同国籍、不同背景的员工组成了敏实PTI,大家共同促进美好世界的进步,我们聚在一起学习与交流文化就是融合的一部分。”
In this workshop, everyone actively shared their insights, habits, and experiences from their respective cultural backgrounds, which sparked lively exchanges and deep reflections among colleagues. Some shared how different gestures and tones represent completely different meanings and content in different cultural contexts; others discussed unique team collaboration methods specific to their country's culture; and some highlighted the cultural communication challenges caused by language barriers in their daily work...
在此次工作坊中,大家积极分享了各自文化背景下的见解、习惯和经验,也引发了同事们活跃地交流和深入地思考。有人分享了不同的手势和语气在不同文化背景下,代表截然不同的内容和含义;有人分享了他们国家文化下特有的团队协作方式;还有人分享了日常工作中因为语言障碍所造成的文化沟通挑战……
PEOPLE
Cross-Cultural Stories Sharing
跨文化故事分享
#1 Misunderstanding of Gesture
手势的误解
AJ, an American colleague from the EHS department, shared an intriguing experience. He mentioned that once, he encountered a Mexican employee who didn't speak English wearing headphones while working. To AJ, this behavior violated safety regulations, so he wanted to stop it. However, due to the language barrier, AJ didn't know how to express this in the appropriate language. In this dilemma, AJ made a gesture that he described as a "throat-slitting" motion (in his cultural background, this gesture usually signifies that something is very dangerous and needs to stop). However, this gesture was misunderstood, as the employee interpreted it as AJ implying a threat to kill him. Fortunately, other employees present understood AJ's intention and explained it to the Mexican employee, resolving the misunderstanding caused by the language barrier. This experience led AJ to deeply reflect on how to effectively handle similar situations, emphasizing the importance of respecting and understanding others' cultural backgrounds in a cross-cultural work environment.
来自EHS部门的美国籍同事AJ分享了一个耐人寻味的经历。他提到,有一次他遇到了一位语言不通的墨西哥籍员工在工作时戴着耳机。对AJ来说,这种行为违反了安全规定,因此他想要制止这种做法,然而,由于语言障碍,AJ不知道如何用对应的语言表达这一点。在这种困境下,AJ做出了一个手势,他在讲述中称之为“抹脖子”的动作(在他的文化背景中,这个手势通常表示某种行为很危险,需要停止)。然而,这个手势却被误解了,对那位员工来说,他把这个手势理解为AJ在暗示要杀掉他。还好当时有其他在场员工理解了AJ的意思解释给了那名员工化解了这个因语言不通做的手势而引起的误会。这个经历引发了AJ对于如何有效处理类似情况的深思,他强调了在跨文化工作环境中尊重和理解他人文化背景的重要性。
#2 Cultural Differences
文化差异
Luisa, a Mexican colleague from the Quality department, shared her perspective on cultural differences. She observed that Chinese employees place a greater emphasis on collective interests, teamwork, and a sense of collective responsibility. In contrast, American employees focus more on transparent and open communication. Meanwhile, Mexicans highly value family and teamwork, leading them to prioritize team collaboration and mutual encouragement and support in their work.
来自质量部门的墨西哥籍同事Luisa讲述了以她的视角下中国员工更加注重集体利益、集体协作和集体责任感,美国员工沟通更加注重透明化沟通和开放性沟通,而墨西哥员工更加注重家庭价值观和团队合作,因此他们在工作中更加注重团队合作和互相鼓励支持。
Team Cultural Integration Workshop
Takeaway
团队文化融合工作坊启发
At the end of the workshop, the participants expressed that they had gained a lot from the experience. The employees who attended not only learned to respect, understand, and appreciate cultural differences but also discovered new methods to enhance effective communication and interaction within the team, such as showing respect and actively listening.
工作坊结束时,学员们纷纷表示收获颇丰,参与本次工作坊的员工们不仅理解了尊重、理解和欣赏不同文化的差异,还发现了提升团队间有效交流和沟通的新方法,比如尊重、倾听……
PEOPLE
#1 The Importance of Information Conveying
信息传递的重要性
In this workshop, everyone actively shared their insights, habits, and experiences from their respective cultural backgrounds, which sparked lively exchanges and deep reflections among colleagues. Some shared how different gestures and tones represent completely different meanings and content in different cultural contexts; others discussed unique team collaboration methods specific to their country's culture; and some highlighteHan Qiwen, a Chinese colleague and planner from the Materials department, shared her insights: "The workshop helped us understand the importance of inclusion and understanding in a cross-cultural context. It also showed me how to better convey and receive information in my work, which will help reduce resource waste and time management friction in the future."d the cultural communication challenges caused by language barriers in their daily work...
来自物料部门计划员,中国籍同事韩其文分享了自己的心得体会:“工作坊让我们理解了在跨文化情景下包容和理解的重要性,也帮助我看到如何在工作中更好地传递信息和接受信息,从而帮助我在未来工作中减少资源浪费和时间管理上的摩擦。”
PEOPLE
#2 To Value the Differences
欣赏差异
Tania, a Mexican colleague from the Procurement department, said: "This workshop helped me understand and appreciate the rich diversity each person embodies. It's important to respect and value differences in age, gender, race, religion, disability, sexual orientation, education, and nationality. Actively valuing diversity within the company means going beyond mere 'tolerance' to ensure people genuinely understand and appreciate these differences."
采购部门的墨西哥同事Tania:“这次工作坊帮助我理解并赞美每个人身上蕴含的丰富多样性,要尊重和欣赏人们在年龄、性别、种族、宗教、残疾、性取向、教育和国籍方面的差异,同时要积极重视公司内部的多样性,这意味着不要局限于“容忍”来相互理解,而是要确保人们真正理解和重视差异。”
The workshop allowed everyone to personally experience the differences brought about by cross-cultural contexts. Through specific cross-cultural collaboration case studies, participants felt the creativity and innovation benefits that diversity brings to the team. This further promoted the integration of cross-team culture at PTI.
这次工作坊让大家切身感受到了在跨文化情境中带来的差异,同时也通过大家的具体跨文化协作实践案例让彼此感受到团队多元所带来创造力和创新益处,进一步促进了PTI跨团队文化的融合。
Under the globalization layout of Minth GLOCAL, we encourage embracing, respecting, appreciating, and valuing diversity in our teams, fully activating the positive driving force of diversity to unleash the best potential of each employee, and strive to create a diverse, equal, and inclusive workplace to promote Minsheng's global cultural integration and sustainable development.
在敏实GLOCAL的全球化布局下,我们鼓励看到、尊重、欣赏和拥抱团队的多样性,充分激活团队多元所带来的积极内驱力,以发挥每位员工的最佳潜能,致力打造多样性、平等性和包容性的工作场所,促进敏实的全球文化融合和可持续发展。
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MINTH GROUP 敏实集团
Minth Group stands as a global leader in the manufacturing of exterior and structural automotive parts. With a workforce of 22,331 employees distributed across four business units and 77 global plants and offices, our operations span three continents and 14 countries. We take immense pride in serving a diverse clientele, encompassing over 70 automobile brands from all over the world. Leveraging one of the world’s most comprehensive and diverse customer platforms, Minth has made significant investments in the electrification of the automotive industry, positioning itself as the world's largest supplier of battery enclosures and body structure components.
敏实集团是全球领先的汽车外饰件和车身结构件供应商。我们在全球范围内拥有22,331名员工,4大产品线,77家工厂和办事处,业务布局遍及3大洲14个国家。我们拥有多元化客户结构,涵盖全球逾70个汽车品牌。凭借全球最全面、多元的客户基础,敏实重点投资布局汽车电动化领域,已跃居全球最大的电池盒和车身结构件供应商。
At Minth Group, our commitment extends beyond business success to the creation of a sustainable society and future for all. We champion green innovations and increasingly adopt green energy in our operations. Concurrently, we are dedicated to providing high-performance, superior-quality automotive parts that adhere to the highest global standards, continually driving innovation within the automotive industry.
在追求商业成功的同时,敏实集团亦致力于为全人类打造可持续的社会和未来而努力。我们提倡绿色创新,在企业运营中不断加大使用绿色能源。同时,敏实致力于为客户提供符合全球顶级标准的高性能、优品质的汽车零部件,不断推动汽车行业的革新。
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