Intercultural training: Working with Sudan

Summary

Target audience

Company managers and staff working and dealing with the Sudanese

Prerequisite

No prerequisite

Objectives

The aim of this seminar is to significantly improve the participants’ effectiveness in their professional relationships with the Sudanese, enabling them to be operational right from the start.

At the end of this training, participants will have acquired the necessary skills to:

Be aware of their own cultural baggage
Fully understand Sudanese context and culture
Analyze possible situations in which misunderstandings may arise and identify ways of communicating
Reduce stress and misunderstandings
Decipher and understand Sudanese decision-making and negotiation processes

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

ACCESSIBILITY

All our training courses are accessible to people with disabilities. Each training project will be the subject of a case study by our teams, in order to adapt the training program.

Program

Module 1 : Understanding cultural differences

1. Intercultural awareness, the key to success in international business

Taking stock of one's own cultural baggage
The basics of effective intercultural management
Identifying and going beyond cultural stereotypes

2. Key aspects of Sudanese culture

The largest country on the African continent
A multi-ethnic state situated at a meeting point between Africa and the Middle East
An Islamic tradition peppered with animistic cults
An age-old civilization with a unique heritage
A country ravaged by civil war

3. The impact of values and behaviour patterns on professional dealings and relationships

The importance of family life
Hospitality and a sense of honour
A highly patriarchal society
Animism and voodoo: spirituality as part of daily life
The importance of local and tribal values
Respect for elders and for status
An adaptable approach to time

4. The Sudanese corporate world

NGOs, the UN and private companies
The value attached to work and to learning
Privileges and favouritism

Module 2 : Succeeding in work with the Sudanese

1. Effective communication with the Sudanese

Verbal communication, tone and posture: Key aspects
Greetings, politeness and courtesy
A frank and direct communication style
Arabic, Nubian, Ta Bedawie, nilotic, nilo-hamitic and English for business

2. Adapting your working methods

Effective management: humility, perspective and experience
Key traits for good management: a calm, firm and fair attitude
Getting staff fully involved to encourage commitment
Centralized decision making in a hierarchical environment
The importance of socialising outside work
Pitfalls to be avoided

3. Successful meetings and negotiations with the Sudanese

Building trust and confidence: dialogue and communication
Etiquette and formality: making a good first impression
Highlighting mutual interests
Written contracts, their interpretation and implications
Organizing the post-negotiation phase

4. Final handy tips

Caution, patience and humility
Protocol and etiquette
Social standards, gifts, business cards, dress code
Sensitive subjects: politics, history, religion
Humour: a double-edged sword

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Working with Sudan