Events / 2014

Some highlights of the year

Buyin and Daimler-Renault as examples of successful cooperation
2011-2014

After Renault SAS and Daimler AG, winners of the prestigious 2013 Franco-German Business Award for their industrial cooperation, BuyIn, the jointly owned and operated entity of Deutsche Telekom and Orange, was honoured in 2014 in three categories at the Procurement Leaders Awards Best Procurement Employer for its efficient and positive working environment, particularly the creation of BuyIn Academy. We have been supporting these cooperations since the beginning and are very proud to contribute to the success of our customers.

Sonepar, 8 years after!
Chicago, Singapore, Paris, Shanghai, February-July 2014

Sonepar, a distributor of technical equipment and solutions for electricity professionals, is now represented by over 190 companies operating in 41 countries on four continents. The very first module of the Corporate University Sonacademy “Intercultural knowledge” created in 2009 was successfully run this year in North America, Europe and Asia. The objective of these sessions is still to understand cultural differences, to improve concrete day-to-day collaboration and cooperation spirit

Cross-Cultural Management (MBA, Mannheim, Shanghaï, Paris)
Mannheim Business School-ESSEC, 2014

In addition to the one-week module “Cross Cultural Management” of the Full-Time MBA and a similar module for the Mannheim Tongji Executive MBA, Prof. Pateau was invited as a guest speaker in the framework of the ESSEC & Mannheim Executive in Paris to share his experiences of Franco-German and international cooperation. The Mannheim Business School is the leading institution in business administration in Germany, and particularly known for their outstanding research and high teaching standards.

Closeness at a distance
Hannover, Augsburg, Shanghaï, Detroit, March-December 2014

After many intercultural sessions in Europe, Asia, America and Africa run for Faurecia, one of the worldwide leaders in automobile equipment, Pateau Consultants organised in collaboration with Line Jehle, Managing Director of Perform Globally, a new specific remote management pilot session followed by several seminars in Europe, US and China. The main objectives are to master new tools to improve team’s virtual performance and to decide on the right form of the e-leadership in virtual and cross-cultural contexts.

Continuous improvement at Airbus
Hamburg, Toulouse, June-October, 2014

In the framework of the industrial co-operation within Airbus, Pateau Consultants was asked to facilitate several two-day workshops including French, German, British and Spanish project teams. Far beyond the classical sessions of monocultural training taking place in the different countries, the priority was here to bring people together to discuss business issues – i.e. not only talking about the partner, but with the partner. Despite a long experience of co-operation and according to the feedback of participants, these sessions are crucial to maintain or increase trust within Airbus.

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