Working with Mexico

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Summary

Target audience

Managers and employees who work with Mexico

Prerequisite

No prerequisite

Objectives

Significantly increase participants’ effectiveness in their professional relationships with their Mexican counterparts.

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

  • Adopt an intercultural approach
  • Understand the context and culture of Mexico
  • Decipher cultural codes and analyze situations of misunderstanding
  • Adapt their communication and working methods
  • Decode decision-making and negotiation processes

Access Modalities and Entry Assessment

  • Average access time: 2 weeks
  • Completion of a prior questionnaire and/or e-learning module before the training to identify needs and adapt the content

Evaluation Modalities

  • In-training assessments: e-learning module, quizzes, role plays, case studies, etc.
  • End-of-training assessment: evaluation completed by consultants to assess the achievement of training objectives, immediate feedback questionnaire including a self-assessment section

Added value

ACCESSIBILITY

All our training courses are accessible to people with disabilities. Each training project will be the subject of a case study by our teams, in order to adapt the training program. Please do not hesitate to contact us to discuss the possible options : r.dubert@akteos.fr

Program


Step 1: E-learning

Exploring your preferences and cultural gaps

  • Clarify your context and expectations
  • Become aware of cultural filters
  • Discover your cultural profile

Step 2: On-site or remote training

Understanding Mexican cultural codes

Knowing the cultural fundamentals of Mexico

  • Mexico: the land of three cultures
  • Historical influences and nationalist culture
  • A class-based society: social and ethnic differences, networks
  • Fatalism and the relationship to time through language

Understanding Mexican values

  • The Catholic religion, the Virgin of Guadalupe and festive traditions
  • The family: well-defined roles (men and women), the mother as a sacred monument
  • A sense of hospitality and courtesy, a gentle way of life
  • Pride and nationalism

Optimizing your professional action with Mexicans

Communicating effectively

  • Being considerate of your counterpart: caution, tact and mutual respect
  • Adapting your communication: formal or informal? Indirect or direct?
  • Avoiding the pitfall of familiarity: the use of informal address
  • Speaking Spanish or English: what impact on the relationship?

Adapting working methods

  • Trust and interpersonal relationships: the paternal role of the boss or manager
  • Leading and deciding firmly, without offending
  • Monitoring, giving positive feedback, recognizing
  • Managing conflicts fairly

Succeeding in meetings and negotiations

  • The quality of relationships, trust and networks
  • Status, decision-making and time management
  • Hacer rodeos, or the subtle art of negotiation through charm
  • The sense of commitment and the value of the written word

Adopting best practices

  • Remembering the golden rules
  • Avoiding pitfalls, blunders and misunderstandings
  • Drawing up an individual action plan
 

Remote follow-up session 2 to 3 months after the training, for intra-company courses.

Available inter-company coursesDuration: 7 hours

May 26, 2027

remote session

1020 €HT/PERS.

Training session held in French

* Technical fees and lunch included

To register yourself or one of your colleagues for one of these sessions, email us at interentreprises@akteos.fr or fill in our contact form.

Intra-company coursesDuration: to define
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