Cross Cultural Training

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Cross Cultural Training

Why Cross Cultural Training?

Do you want a better understanding of Italian culture, the aim being better efficiency in your career?
Do you want to avoid or minimize the “cultural shock” that many experience upon their first arrival?
Do you want to settle into your new surroundings with minimum fuss and disruption?
Do you and your family want a better understanding of the Italian way of life so that you can experience all of the wonderful things it has to offer?
Do you have insufficient time to devote to academic studies and need some help?
Do you want experienced professionals to help you understand why Italy works the way it does?

Download the presentation "Cross Cultural Training"

italy cross culture presentation [2.119 Kb]

Our Method of Training

A method based on dialogue

Not a traditional classroom-type session, but rather an interactive discussion of the most important and useful topics about living and working in Italy.
Collaborative personal meetings in English and/or Italian with the customer and his/her family covering topics most relevant to them.

A method based on relationships

Your trainers are partners who share your target: to ensure an understanding of what you should know to be successful right from the start. We will not allow you to make the common mistakes of others.

We are on your schedule and not the other way around. Meeting days, times, and locations are flexible to meet your needs.
Personal and group sessions enable you to ask questions, and allow your trainer to answer the questions no one asked.

A method based on active learning tools

During Cross Cultural Training, you will have fun as you experience the Italian lifestyle.

See a sample tool written for Diversophy© and decide for yourself how enjoyable Cross Cultural Training can be and how beneficial it will be as you do business with the Italians

Topics of the Training

The main topics covered

Intercultural communication.
Why we work in a diverse way
Working with Italians
What you need to know about business relationships in Italy
Ethnocentrism
“My way is the best way!”. Discovering the good and the bad elements in your culture and in Italian culture
History, arts, business, culture, way of life.
Discover Italy!
Settling down in Italy with your family
Help for you and your family as adapt to live in Italy

Specific topics

Core Italian values and their implications for business and social life
English language as spoken by the Italians
How the Italians communicate (verbal and nonverbal communication)
The Italian sense of time
The Italian sense of space
The power bases in Italy
Italian collectivism and individualism
Italian creativity and disorganization
Italian political life
Italian social etiquette
Italian history and arts
Italian religion and religious beliefs
Italian family, child care and elder people
Specific regional culture (e.g. Sicily, Sardinia, North Italy, Milan area, etc.)

and any other topics chosen by the customer

The trainings are customized to the specific needs of the client, the family, and the company.

Download an example about Culture Shock

Culture shock [227 Kb]

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