PAST EVENT: 10/09/2025
Mind The Gap:
Bridging Franco-American Cultural Differences at Work
Julia Gaspar-Bates, President
Thursday, October 9th, 2025
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM EDT
Free Zoom Webinar
Mind The Gap:
Bridging Franco-American Cultural Differences at Work
The FACC Philadelphia was delighted to partner with the FACC Minnesota as they hosted a Free Zoom Webinar: Mind the Gap: Bridging Franco-American Cultural Differences at Work. The event featured guest speaker Julia Gaspar-Bates, President of Intercultural Alliances, LLC, who presented to the FACC Philadelphia in 2020.
In today's global workplace, cultural awareness is no longer optional - it's essential. Whether you collaborate with French colleagues, manage a U.S-based team, or simply want to sharpen your intercultural skills, this event is for you! Executives, HR leaders, consultants or individuals simply interested in intercultural dynamics, this webinar will give you tools you can immediately apply in your daily work.
Despite the long-standing friendship between the U.S. and France, the cultural gaps between French and Americans are as different as Coca-Cola and a fine Bordeaux.
Increasing your understanding of the impact culture has on communication and work practices is the key to driving harmonious working relationships between the two cultures, especially in our fast-paced and complex global environment.
This interactive presentation highlighted some of the historical and cultural factors that have shaped the beliefs and values in each country and how they impact behaviors at work.
FACC Members and guests gained new insights into the main barriers that impede communication and collaboration and learn tips to optimize engagement with their French and American colleagues and clients.
Photos From The Event
If you enjoyed the webinar about Franco-American Cultural Differences with Julia Gasper-Bates, President of Intercultural Alliances, or if you missed it, check out this fascinating article on her website to learn more!
Liberty Leading the People
(La Liberté guidant le peuple)
by Eugène Delacroix, commemorates the July Revolution of 1830 that toppled King Charles X (r.1824–1830).
Freedom, Equality and Fraternity through a Franco-American Prism
Nearly 250 years ago, the French and the Americans forged an unlikely friendship against a common enemy: the English. When the Marquis de Lafayette and the Comte de Rochambeau crossed the Atlantic to fight for the American cause, and subsequently, when Thomas Jefferson exerted an influence on the writing of the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, inspired in part by the American Declaration of Independence, the fate of the two countries was sealed forever. However, despite these points of convergence between modern France and the newly established United States, both defining themselves as staunch defenders of Equality and Freedom, their respective visions of these values were and still are enigmatic to each other.