Working with Belgium

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Summary

Target audience

Professionals who work with Belgium

Prerequisite

No prerequisite

Objectives

Develop relevant business skills required to succeed with the Belgians 

At the end of the training, participants will have keys to: 

  • Be aware of their cultural footprint
  • Understand the context and cultural mindset & values of their counterparts
  • Analyze the situations of misunderstanding to reduce cultural gaps
  • Adjust their management and communication style 
  • Decode the local decision and negotiation process

Added value

  • Customization of the program thanks to  a pre-work questionnaire
  • Pragmatic approach
  • Mix of theory and practical cases
  • Individual action plan
     

Program

Adopting a Cross-Cultural approach

  • Identifying and going beyond cultural stereotypes
  • Culture shock and the integration process

Understanding Belgian cultural codes 

Discovering key aspects of Belgian Culture

  • Federation, communities and regions: a multiple country, a fragile kingdom
  • The headquarters of European and international institutions
  • Flemish, Walloon, German-speaking
  • An economy of industry and services 

Understanding Belgian values

  • The family and private sphere: protected referents
  • Hospitality and courtesy, formalism and politeness
  • Community anchoring: parties and celebrations
  • Punctuality and rigor, modesty and discretion 

Optimize your professional action with Belgians 

Working and communicating with the Belgians  

  • A management committed to service and efficiency
  • Hierarchy and egalitarianism: benchmarks and trends
  • Building trust: consultation, listening skills and empathy
  • Pragmatism and flexibility
  • Valuing personal performance 
  • Motivate, delegate, give feedback, value, manage conflicts
  • Take into account the regional context

Final Handy Tips

  • Golden rules
  • Action plan

Available Inter-company courses Duration: 7 hours

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1 day

* (Technical fees and lunch included)

Intra-company coursesDuration: to define
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