Intercultural training: Living and working in Martinique

Summary

Target audience

Employees preparing for an assignment in Martinique and their partners

Prerequisite

No prerequisite

Objectives

This seminar aims at significantly improving the ability of the participants to meet the challenges of living and working abroad. The objective is to enable them to identify the stumbling blocks that lie ahead and to be able to adapt and integrate in Martinique.

At the end of this training, participants will have acquired insights and techniques to:

Be aware of their own cultural baggage
Understand Martinican context and culture
Analyse situations in which misunderstandings may arise and identify ways of communicating more effectively
Reduce and manage the symptoms of culture shock
Understand Martinican mindset, different work practices, decision-making processes and negotiating styles
Strike the right balance between personal et professional lives

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 : Successful personnal integration in Martinique

1. Cross-cultural awareness : the key to a successful expatriation

Taking stock of one's own cultural baggage
Culture shock and the integration process
Identifying and going beyond cultural stereotypes

2. Key aspects of Martinican culture

Windward and Caribbean: a tropical island with irregular terrain
A racially mixed population whose presence in the area is relatively recent
A French overseas region and département
An economy based chiefly on agriculture and tourism

3. Martinican values and behaviour patterns

A well-rooted macho and paternalistic tradition
Significant social compartmentalisation
Spatial proximity and an adaptable view of time
Black, West Indian and Creole identity: a distinctive national consciousness
The importance of commemorative and festive social occasions
A sense of honour and the need to save face

4. Practical day-to-day information

Focus on the host town
Transport, administration, housing, security, hygiene and healthcare
Social life, leisure activities
Schools, extracurricular activities, sport

Module 2 : Successful professionnal integration

1. The Martinican corporate world

A hierarchical corporate structure
A work ethic which places the emphasis on performance
Privilege, favouritism and nepotism
The prevalence of public sector employment and the cruel reality of unemployment

2. Effective communication with the Martinican French

Gossip and rumours: closely knit social networks
The importance of protocol and etiquette
A combination of direct and non-verbal communication

3. Working with Martinican teams

Establishing your credibility: prudence, perseverance and discretion
Dealing with touchy and sensitive people: taking the time to listen and seeking to reach a consensus
Consulting, deciding and acting
Encouraging initiative and dynamism

4. Successful meetings and negotiations with the Martinican French

Preparing your arguments and your action plan
Proposals, compromises, follow-up and perseverance
The comparative advantage to be gained from networking
Written contracts, their interpretation and implications

5. Final handy tips

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

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Living and working in Martinique