Step 1: E-learning

ADOPTING AN INTERCULTURAL APPROACH

• Specify your context and expectations
• Become aware of cultural filters
• Discover your cultural profile

Step 2: Group training session

Understanding American cultural codes

Discovering the cultural basics of the United States

• The founding myths and their implications
• Immigration and diversity in business
• Federal State and Federated States: Power Dynamics in the United States
• Economic, social, religious issues

Understanding American Values

• Self-Made Man and Bill of Rights: freedom above all
• "Time is money"
• Team spirit and sense of competition
• The meaning of the law and respect for the rule

Optimize your professional action with Americans

Communicating with Americans

• Private sphere and public sphere
• Walk the talk
• Use clear and concrete language
• Build trust, encourage and provide feedback

Adapting work methods

• The paradigms of effective work: planning, efficiency, responsiveness
• Managing in the United States: taking responsibility, demonstrating firmness and pragmatism
• Value creativity and surpassing oneself
• Team spirit and sense of competition

Conducting successful meetings and negotiations with Americans

• Establish credibility 
• Manage time and deadlines, plan and organize for the future
• Manage disagreements: positive criticism and distancing
• The legal importance of the contract and its significance

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