Who is this training for?
For expats who are taking on a role in a new country and want to prepare for it both in a business and personal context.
Consult this training
What you will learn in the virtual workshop:
- to interpret the rules regulating everyday life in the target country, which will make it easier for you to adapt to the new place,
- to understand the principles of establishing contacts and building relationships in a new team,
- to understand key cultural differences and prepare for situations that may surprise or irritate you,
- to plan activities that support adaptation and minimize culture shock.
Advantages of the virtual training
- guarantee of interactive participation in training with the use of online engaging tools
- half-day workshops allow flexible organization of the workday
- relationships building with remote colleagues through joint participation in training
- participation in the workshop from anywhere, all you need is access to a computer
Virtual workshop program
Module I
Psychological aspects of relocation
- Functioning in a multicultural environment
- What are my experiences in contact with a particular nation?
- The concept of culture as an “iceberg”
- What is culture shock and how to manage it
- General characteristics of the given country
- Comparison of key cultural differences between country of origin and target country on culture dimensions
- How to build trust in private and professional life
- Expressivity, hierarchy, approach to time, relationships vs. tasks
Module II
Life in the new country – professional and private domains
- What and how is communicated in the given country?
- What is my communication style and how can I adapt
- Potentially difficult areas in cooperation with people of the given nation
- How are conflicts resolved in a given culture
- How to establish relationships and friendships
- Everyday life: shopping, transport, formalities
- Rules of society, norms, and values
- Personal action plan for relocation period
Project flow
Diagnosis and prework
- in-take interview with the project sponsor
- diagnosis of participants’ needs (online questionnaire and calls)
- prework for participants (material to watch, read or listen to)
Virtual workshops
- training divided into 2 workshops, 3,5 hours each
- interactive working methods: discussions, chat, virtual board, questionnaires, videos, case studies, breakout rooms, external tools (Mentimeter, Miro, Funretro)
- participants: up to 12 people
Summary and follow up
- training materials for participants
- access to the ETTA knowledge base
- follow up call with the project sponsor