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 French Cultural Codes

Discovering the cultural basics of France

• A strong historical, philosophical, religious and cultural heritage
• Social and political context, economic environment
• A dual educational system, the importance of degrees
• A diverse territory, a cosmopolitan population

Understanding French values

• Fundamental values: freedom, equality, individualism
• Cartesian reasoning, critical thinking, penchant for debate
• The relationship to hierarchy
• The "Système D"

Optimize your professional action with French

Communicating with French 

• Importance of mastering the French language and presentation of self
• A culture of the written word, but also of the unspoken
• The weight of words and messages, differences in interpretation
• Manage sensitivities

Adapting work methods

• French management style and corporate culture
• Understand the organization of a French company: procedures, decision making, work methods and the concept of quality 
• Overcome individualism
• Value performance

Successful meetings and negotiations with French

• Understand French-style meetings
• Time and deadline management
• French negotiation: the art of diplomacy
• The contract: a firm and final agreement

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