Step 1: E-learning
ADOPTING AN INTERCULTURAL APPROACH
- Specify your context and expectations
- Becoming aware of cultural filters
- Discover your cultural profile
Step 2: Group training session
Understanding Canadian cultural codes
Discovering the cultural basics of Canada
- A vast space with infinite resources
- An America different from the United States
- A federal state with marked regional differences
- A member of the Commonwealth
Understanding Canadian Values
- Privacy: A Sacred Space
- The importance of equality
- Open-mindedness and national identity
- Secularism and respect for others
Optimizing your professional action with Canadians
Communicate effectively
- An informal and relaxed communication style
- The importance of networking
- French and English languages: linguistic challenges
Adapting work methods
- Building trust: highlighting your charisma and tact
- An open but real hierarchy
- Manage time, priorities and deadlines
- Managing effectively: inventiveness, motivation, availability
- Be open to teamwork, joint decision-making and consensus
- Seeking positive outcomes from conflicts
Conducting successful meetings and negotiations
- Identify decision makers and power chains/power conflicts
- Identify Negotiation Styles
- Understanding written contracts, their interpretation and implications
- Organize the post-negotiation phase
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
Developing your knowledge of the country
- Cultural guidelines
- Business life
- Overview