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 Swedish Cultural Codes

Discovering the cultural basics of Sweden

• The Viking era, what remains of it?
• The history of Sweden and its neighbors
• The importance of the Swedish monarchy
• European issues

Understanding Swedish Values

• Family and parity
• Consensus and goodwill
• The importance given to nature
• Equal opportunities according to Janteloven

Optimizing your professional action with the Swedes

Communicate effectively

• Frankness and clarity of exchanges
• Deciphering non-verbal communication
• Emotional Mastery and Self-Control

Adapting work methods

• Anchoring your credibility: rigor, experience and dedication
• Building trust: listening skills and a spirit of co-decision
• Understanding the importance of social life in Sweden and its impacts on professional life
• Managing effectively: courtesy, discretion, listening skills and horizontal hierarchy

Conducting successful meetings and negotiations

• Clarity and conciseness
• Propose to act
• The specificities of leadership in Sweden
• Reaching consensus

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