CITIC Europe Holdings Employee Day Strengthens Cross-Cultural Integration and Collaboration

Employees of CITIC Europe Holdings came together on 8 October for a company event designed to strengthen collaboration, encourage colleagues to get to know one another better and foster the company’s corporate culture. Combining a health and physiotherapy workshop with team activities, the event brought Czech and Chinese colleagues from across the company together and provided an opportunity to connect outside their usual working environment

As an international company bringing together Czech and Chinese cultures, CITIC Europe places importance not only on business development and professional expertise, but also on creating an open working environment built on mutual trust and collaboration. The event was intended to provide more opportunities for employees to meet, encourage communication across departments and further strengthen mutual understanding and relationships between Czech and Chinese colleagues.

The event opened with a brief address by Su Guoxin, Chairman of CITIC Europe, who welcomed the participants and wished them an enjoyable and relaxing day, as well as every success in the team competition.

From Wellbeing to Stronger Team Communication

The morning programme featured a physiotherapy workshop focusing on healthy movement and ways of counteracting the effects of prolonged sitting at a computer. During the practical session, professional physiotherapists introduced employees to common health issues associated with prolonged office work, explained ways of preventing them and shared practical advice and exercises that can easily be incorporated into the working day.

In the afternoon, the programme moved to the ice at IceArena Kateřinky, where employees took part in an Ice Stock team competition. The sport requires little previous sporting experience, placing greater emphasis on accuracy, strategy and teamwork. Teams were deliberately not formed along departmental lines or according to existing relationships. Instead, they were drawn at random.

Throughout the competition, colleagues from different departments discussed strategy, supported one another and experienced first-hand the importance of communication and collaboration. The activity also gave employees an opportunity to get to know and work with colleagues with whom they have relatively little contact in their day-to-day roles.

Building a Shared Corporate Culture Based on Mutual Understanding

At CITIC Europe, Czech and Chinese employees work side by side. Their different cultural backgrounds, professional experience and ways of thinking contribute to the company’s diversity while creating opportunities to exchange knowledge and learn from one another through teamwork.

CITIC Europe Holdings brings together people with a wide range of professional experience and cultural backgrounds. Getting to know and understand one another is an important part of the company’s culture. Czech and Chinese cultures differ in many respects, yet working together also reveals how much colleagues have in common. Events such as this provide employees with an opportunity to get to know one another better, strengthen relationships and build firmer foundations for successful day-to-day collaboration.

Corporate culture is reflected not only in rules, processes and ways of working, but also in how employees communicate, trust one another and collaborate. For CITIC Europe Holdings, its multicultural environment is both a distinctive strength in the company’s development and an important driver of the team’s continued growth. CITIC Europe Holdings will continue to organise a variety of activities that bring employees together, foster cross-cultural understanding and strengthen teamwork, helping to create fresh momentum for the company’s long-term development