Multinational means Multilingual

Rosetta Stone. Business Hello! Hallo! Multinational means Multilingual ¡Hola! 你好 Bring your team into the world arena with language skills Regardless of your native tongue, 1 thing goes without saying: In today's global marketplace, borders apply to maps, not client relationships. And speed limits apply on roads, but not wireless communications. So, the world over, companies that build and sustain success collaborate, innovate and negotiate in more than one language. MULTILINGUAL EMPLOYEES ARE INDISPENSABLE FOR ORGANISATIONS > 500 business execs were interviewed in 2014: Most respondents work in organisations with 500+ employees Office Locations Asia Pacific (outside of China) South America 16% Europe (outside UK or Germany) Elsewhere in the world 6% UK Germany USA 38% Russia 15% China 23% 60% 72% 36% 23% PI? !! 87% 90% say their business relies on more than 1 critical language have other critical languages beside their native Skill level that staff require in additional languages varies: 30% expert 33% basic 67% 25% of staff require intermediate-level say 1 in 4 of their staff require proficiency in using another language proficiency in another language 37% intermediate INDUSTRY DICTATES RATES OF ADOPTION > Where language training is particularly needed Telecoms and Utilities Retail, Transportation and Wholesale Business and Professional Services Average proportion of staff that require proficiency in another language least 76% 73% 73% to intermediate (B1) level Business and Professional Services Computer Services and IT Banking, Financial Services and Insurance O WHICH LANGUAGES LEAD THE WAY? Respondents say their business' most critical The second most critical languages are: language is: 82% 22% 21% 11% English say German stated French stated Spanish Most companies say they have at least 2 critical languages within their organisation. > Most used languages in organisations surveyed Chinese Mandarin is on the rise, particularly in organisations with 3.000+ employees, including sectors such as businesses and professional services, government, oil & gas, 79% French 45% pharmaceutical, 99% Chinese Mandarin telecoms and utilities. English 73% 46% 44% 40% Russian Portuguese German Japanese 62% 35% Arabic Spanish > Employees are not using languages at the required level 25% 70% 63% of all employees quit their job because there aren't agree: say: Language skills are not taught at the standard needed for multinational organisations. Employees need to significantly improve their multilingual abilities. enough learning opportunities, including language training. > Languages requiring improvement according to top executives Chinese Mandarin Portuguese Japanese French German Spanish Russian Arabic English 47% 42% 42% 35% 33% 31% 30% 27% 13% O ON THE OTHER HAND... Companies who offer e-learning and on-the-job training generate 26% more revenue per employee. >A recent study asked 1,000 companies on 6 continents about their global leadership development programmes. > Among the 325 respondents: Type of companies The number of high-performing companies to offer language training, or reimbursement for training, for all employees, doubled from 10% to 23% in only 1 year. 23% National 49% 10% Global 31% Multinational 20 % 2011 2012 9% 4% Lower-performing companies were more than twice as likely as higher-performing companies to advise "high-potential" employees to obtain multilingual proficiency without providing resources for them to do so. In any language, well-trained, multilingual employees translates into great ROI for business > In 2014, 500 business decision makers involved in language training say that multilingual employees would improve business: 79% 72% 68% said that they improve relations with customers said that they increase sales opportunities said that they improve productivity We use e-learning 66% agree that the future of language training lies in e-learning. Nous utilisons l'e-learning Wir verwenden e-learning SOURCES: > E-Learning and languages, VansonBourne commissioned by Rosetta Stone, Research results, Oct. 2014 > www.rosettastone.com/totalestudiohd > www.elearningindustry.com; Top 10 e-Learning Statistics for 2014 You Need to Know > www.weknownext.com, Society For Human Resource Management, Multilingual Skills, Cultural Understanding Rise in Importance, Sept. 2012 > Google Translate Rosetta Stone. Business ...........* ...........