Doing Business and Working with Canadians (Interkulturelles Training Kanada)

Kursziel
We offer a well-balanced combination of interactive lectures, case studies, simulations and experiential exercises, time for questions and answers, self-reflection, discussions, presentation exercises and exchange of experience. Our trainers employ current insights into how people learn best to create a training environment that makes it fun and easy to learn. This helps you to acquire the sustainable skills you need in your intercultural encounters.

Our seasoned trainers provide you with:
- space for discussing and developing possible solutions for your issues and concerns
- opportunities for you to share your experiences and decode the processes could hinder success
- proposals for better understanding your burning issues and valuable suggestions for new strategies
- case studies derived from real world daily operations and business models which illustrate the essential issues and solutions
- proven training methods which support the transfer from the theory to practice
- seminars which foster expanding your managerial competencies for the international arena

Zielgruppe
All executives, managers, employees and entrepreneurs who:
- sell to, buy from, or negotiate with Canadians
- communicate with Canadian customers, suppliers, partners in person and via phone, fax, email
- manage teams/employees on site or remote
- work in mixed teams in the Canada or in Europe
- participate at exhibitions/trade fairs in Canada
- and consider themselves global players who view business as more than 'just getting the deal' and want to build strong long-term relationships

Kursinhalt
Developing strategies for successful communication and profitable business relationships:
Do you or your employees do business with Canadians? And do you sometimes wonder why working together seems so difficult? Managers working globally are aware of cultural differences, but are often not aware of how cultural upbringing impacts behaviour, expectations, and working styles. This highly inspiring training helps you recognize how our cultural mindsets determine our communication and management styles, and also comprehend hidden cultural obstacles in order to build solid relationships with Canadian business partners.

- Salutations and round of introductions
- Communicating across cultures: Key questions and principles
- Identifying the playing field
- Europeans and Canadians working together: Getting off to a good start
- Meeting successfully with Canadians
- Project planning and implementing on both sides of the Atlantic
- Germans and Canadians in dialogue: Putting language in perspective
- Crucial differences in negotiating styles
- Preferred presentation styles
- Presentation Workshop
- Leadership and Management in Canada
- Wrap up, final questions, and feedback