Anyone who travels frequently either privately or professionally, experiences exciting and occasionally even fascinating encounters with people from other countries and cultures.

Cross cultural awareness is becoming more and more crucial for successful collaboration with foreign business partners by acting appropriately in the situation to suit that culture.

And yet, how do other people “tick”? And how can we adapt to other cultural circles’ practices, expectations, conduct and codes so that every encounter becomes a win-win situation?

In this seminar we raise awareness for your fellow human beings and business partners’ values, norms and gestures. And we prepare you for future encounters. As showing respect to your guests and hosts is an investment that reaps above-average returns all over the world.

 

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Example topics:

• What is culture?

• Perception of culture: analysing our own and foreign cultures

• Handling stereotypes and expectations in terms of specific nationalities (selection of target cultures)

• Our own culture’s influence on the business world (thinking, feeling, acting)

• Practice: intercultural business situations (cases and simulations: conflicting values, ambiguous communication, reacting in case of uncertainty)

• Sustainability: building up trust in an intercultural environment, identifying and using the opportunities of cultural diversity