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Deciphering cultural codes of 100+ countries or regions to understand behaviors and optimize one' s professional action
Living and working in Venezuela
Summary
Target audience
Employees preparing for an assignment in Venezuela and their partners
Prerequisite
No prerequisite
Objectives
This seminar aims at significantly improving the ability of the participants to meet the challenges of living and working abroad. The objective is to enable them to identify the stumbling blocks that lie ahead and to be able to adapt and integrate in Venezuela.
At the end of this training, participants will have acquired insights and techniques to:
- Be aware of their own cultural baggage
- Understand Venezuelan context and the culture
- Analyse situations in which misunderstandings may arise and identify ways of communicating more effectively
- Reduce and manage the symptoms of culture shock
- Understand Venezuelan mindset, work practices, decision-making processes and negotiating styles
- Strike the right balance between personal et professional lives
Added value
- Conducted by an intercultural expert consultant
- Decoding the Nomad’ Profiler
- Alternating theory and practical exercises
- Access to Digital Learning for 1 year
- Sharing best practices and personalized action plan
Program
Module 1 : Successful personnal integration in Venezuela
1. Cross-cultural awareness : the key to a successful expatriation
- Taking stock of one's own cultural baggage
- Culture shock and the integration process
- Identifying and going beyond cultural stereotypes
2. Key aspects of Venezuelan culture
- A multiethnic and multicultural country
- A major player on the international scene
- An outstanding tropical heritage
- An economy marked by inequality and heavily influenced by oil production
3. Venezuelan values and behaviour patterns
- A macho society currently undergoing change
- Venezuela’s longstanding catholic tradition
- Hospitality and tolerance
- Emotion and passion
- Socialization via festivals and entertainment
- The importance attached to appearances
- A free and unfettered approach to time
4. Practical day-to-day information in Venezuelan
- Focus on the host town
- Transport, administration, housing, hygiene and healthcare
- The problem of urban violence
- Social life, leisure activities
- Learning the language
- Schools, extracurricular activities, sport
Module 2 : Successful professionnal integration in Venezuela
1. The Venezuelan corporate world
- A centralised company structure
- A commitment to one’s work. Adaptability
- The myth of the American model
- Advantages and privileges. Criminal organizations and corruption
2. Effective communication with the Venezuelans
- The importance of greetings and courtesy.
- The importance of eye contact and gestures
- A direct and informal communication style
- Spanish and English for business
3. Working with Venezuelan teams
- Effective management: flexibility, an open mind and modesty.
- Building trust and confidence: leading by example
- Supervision and an ability to listen
- Joint decision-making
- Maximising team spirit and cohesion
4. Successful meetings and negotiations with the Venezuelans
- Building a climate of trust
- Establishing your credibility: professionalism, legitimacy and perseverance
- Preparing the post-negotiation phase
- Written contracts, their interpretation and implications
5. Final handy tips
- Social standards, gifts, business cards, dress code
- Sensitive subjects: politics, history, religion
- The Venezuelan sense of humour.
Intra-company coursesDuration: to define
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