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Deciphering cultural codes of 100+ countries or regions to understand behaviors and optimize one' s professional action
Living and working in the Philippines
Summary
Target audience
Employees preparing for an assignment in the Philippines 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 the Philippines.
At the end of this training, participants will have acquired the necessary skills to:
- Be aware of their own cultural baggage
- Understand Filipino context and culture
- Analyze situations in which misunderstandings may arise and identify ways of communicating more effectively
- Reduce and manage the symptoms of culture shock
- Understand Filipino mindset, work practices, decision-making processes and negotiating styles
- Strike the right balance between personal et professional life
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 personal integration in the Philippines
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 Filipino culture
- An archipelago in the Pacific with a typically tropical climate
- A dense and heavily interbred population
- A well rooted catholic tradition
- A political scene dominated by the middle classes and the army
- An ambiguous relationship with the Muslim community
- The balikbayans: the impact of the Filipino diaspora
3. Filipino values and behaviour patterns
- A matriarchal society, the Child King
- Hospitality, modesty and discretion
- Respect for hierarchies and for status, a flexible view of time
- The overlapping of the public and private spheres
- Collective identity and a regional sense of belonging: the role of communities
- An extroverted yet diplomatic people, Pakikisama: a fear of conflict
4. Practical day-to-day information
- Focus on the host town or city
- Transport, administration, housing, security, hygiene and healthcare
- Social life, leisure activities
- Schools, extracurricular activities, sport
Module 2: Successful professional integration in the Philippines
1. The corporate world
- Major companies and the banking sector: the American model
- Local small businesses: a family-based hierarchy and traditions
- A committed, well disciplined labour force, intermediaries and the unions
- Fraud and the black market
2. Effective communication
- Communication in an implicit and roundabout manner
- Paying careful attention to greetings, the importance of networking
- Understanding the meanings behind smiles and verbal communication
- Visayan, tagalog, “taglish”, English and dialects: useful tips
3. Working with local teams
- Paternalism and delegation: striking the right balance as a manager
- Establishing your credibility: reliability, leadership and experience
- Padrino and bayanihan or encouraging cooperation
- Katiawalas, mediation, consultation
- Avoiding sources of resentment and of hiya
4. Successful meetings and negotiations
- Giving your professional relationships that personal touch
- Clearly explaining goals and methods
- Time and deadline management
- Written contracts, their interpretation and implications
5. Final handy tips
- Prudence, patience and humility
- Social standards, gifts, business cards, dress code, etc
- Delicate subjects: politics, history, religion
Intra-company coursesDuration: to define
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