5 Essential Skill Sets for Managing Multicultural Project Teams

Thursday, February 26, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. PT

Earn 1 Business Acumen PDU

Managing multicultural project teams requires more than traditional project management skills. Differences in culture, communication styles, expectations, and workflows can significantly impact collaboration, trust, and delivery outcomes.

In this PDU-eligible webinar, you will learn practical skills that help project managers lead multicultural teams successfully, whether teams are co-located, distributed across countries, or operating in hybrid environments.

What You'll Learn:

Recognize common challenges that impact multicultural and international project teams
Apply five key skill sets used by effective global project managers
Improve cross-cultural communication, collaboration, and trust
Navigate negotiation styles and expectations across regions
Design workflows that support co-located and remote teams
Use recommended resources to continue building cross-cultural leadership skills

Speakers

Mai Tran

VP of Membership

PMI-Orange County Chapter

Mai Tran is a senior project manager with over 20 years of leadership and project management experience, specializing in high-profile capital projects and strategic network optimization. She has led multicultural teams across Europe, South America, and China and held senior project management roles at Fortune 500 companies including Siemens Water Technology, Kraft Foods (UK), and Nabisco. Her insights are built on years of walking the talk.

Deborah Gibbs

Director of Digital Media

PMI-Orange County Chapter

Deborah Gibbs is a global portfolio and program manager with 10+ years of experience leading international digital marketing and GTM programs. At TA Digital, Deborah led global demand centers supporting multilingual execution for 70 stakeholders and 5,000+ annual requests. Her insights in our session will be clear and actionable.

Steve West

CEO

Project Insight

Steve West is the CEO of Project Insight. He co-founded PI in 2001 alongside certified PMPs to align enterprise-grade project governance with practical, intuitive team workflows. For more than two decades, Steve has worked with thousands of project management professionals to centralize project, program, and portfolio data across teams and tools, enabling leaders to make confident, data-driven decisions at scale.

Mathew Sparkes

Director of Sales & BD

Project Insight

Mathew Sparkes is Director of Sales and Business Development at Project Insight, where he partners with growing companies to solve complex project management challenges. With over 20 years of experience across Fortune 100 enterprises and SaaS startups, he brings deep expertise in consultative sales, CRM integration, and project operations. Mathew is known for building scalable sales systems, delivering measurable results, and helping organizations streamline work, gain visibility, and scale with confidence.