Countries and Regions
Deciphering cultural codes of 100+ countries or regions to understand behaviors and optimize one' s professional action
Living and working in France
Summary
Target audience
Employees of the company and their spouses, expatriates in France
Prerequisite
No prerequisite
Objectives
Significantly increase the participants' efficiency in their professional relations with the French and facilitate integration for them and their families
At the end of the training session, participants will have the tools to:
- Reduce and cope with culture shock
- Adopt an intercultural approach
- Understand the context and culture of France
- Decipher cultural codes and analyze situations of misunderstanding
- Adapt their communication and work methods
- Decode decision-making and negotiation processes
Added value
- Conducted by an expert consultant specialized on France
- Decoding the Nomad’ Profiler
- Alternating theory and practical exercises
- Access to Digital Learning for one year
- Sharing best practices
- Personalized action plan
Program
Step 1 : E-learning
Adopting an intercultural approach
- Specify your context and expectations
- Become aware of cultural filters
- Discover your cultural profile
Step 2 : Group training session
Successfully integrating in France
Discovering the cultural basics of France
- A strong historical, philosophical, religious and cultural heritage
- Social and political context, economic environment
- A dual educational system, the importance of degrees
- A diverse territory, a cosmopolitan population
Understanding French values
- Fundamental values: freedom, equality, individualism
- Cartesian reasoning, critical thinking, penchant for debate
- The relationship to hierarchy
- The "Système D"
Living in France
- Transportation, administration, housing, safety, hygiene, health: high-level organizations serving the greatest number of people
- Social life, leisure activities, extra-curricular activities
- Language learning: a wealth of opportunities
- Succeed an Assignment to France
Succeed in your professional mission in France
Communicating with the French
- Importance of mastering the French language and presentation of self
- A culture of the written word, but also of the unspoken
- The impact of words and messages, differences in interpretation
- Manage sensitivities
Adapting work methods
- French management style and corporate culture
- Understand the organization of a French company: procedures, decision making, work methods and the concept of quality
- Overcome individualism
- Value performance
Conducting successful meetings and negotiations with French people
- Understand French-style meetings
- Time and deadline management
- French negotiation: the art of diplomacy
- The contract: a firm and final agreement
Adopting best practices
- Recognize key principles
- Avoid pitfalls, mistakes and misunderstandings
- Create a tailor-made action plan
Step 3 : E-learning to go further
Explore Country Packs
Develop knowledge about the country (cultural codes, business life, golden rules, panorama)
Available Inter-company courses Duration: 7 hours
New
format
1 day
* (Technical fees and lunch included)
Intra-company courses Duration: to define
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