Depending on the cultural background, members of a multicultural team bring their own understanding of values such as results or process orientation, initiative, dealing with criticism, relationship between other team members or with superiors, or even expectations regarding the personal work-life balance. This makes cross-cultural project management a challenging task. International team building offered by TransCompass in the form of management coaching and team building workshops is one way of optimising this process. Preparation of team members for international collaboration is a proven method to create common understanding of the goal. Building trust, well-coordinated work process, on-site and virtual communication, a common understanding of commitments and agreements create the framework for a well-functioning team.The more clearly this framework gets defined, the more successful and independent the team can act.