Global Workforce

What is a global workforce?

A global workforce refers to geographically dispersed groups of employees, contractors, and partners that contribute to a company’s operations. Global teams include a multilingual, culturally diverse workforce, requiring organizations to carefully navigate cultural differences, legal and regulatory compliance, and content localization. An effective global organization respects and connects with global employees’ local knowledge to support global expansion.

Example: We support our company’s global workforce with cultural awareness training and a company that celebrates diverse cultural experiences. 

What are the benefits of a global workforce?

A global workforce gives organizations access to a wider talent pool with more diverse perspectives and skills. This helps companies adapt products and services for global customers by gaining improved market insight, support across multiple time zones, and cultural competence. Global teams can also adapt more quickly to regional disruptions.

Building a well-supported global workforce fosters inclusivity, a major contributor to positive company culture that helps global organizations attract top talent. 

How to support a global workforce with online training

Localized training is translated content further adapted for accuracy and relevance to global learners. Localized training is key to supporting a global workforce, as it helps global employees learn faster, retain information better, and feel a stronger sense of belonging. Global teams, including Learning and Development, build and translate online courses for a global audience. Online learning is easy to adapt for varied markets, especially when it includes neutral or universal visuals to keep content relatable, and a writing style that avoids culturally specific idioms and phrases.

For example, Articulate 360, an online training software, has an integrated Localization tool that enables teams to translate, validate, and manage e-learning for global workforces. The integrated tool review and validation workflows dramatically reduce localization timelines. Course creators can create multiple language versions of the same course in just a few clicks, and language validators can review courses in real-time. Catch Articulate Localization in action, and learn how you can streamline localization workflows for a global workforce.