In this cross cultural intelligence workshop, our expert speaker will help your staff to achieve their greatest individual and organizational success.

By the end of the training, they will not only understand other cultures and specifically Saudi Arabian culture, but be empowered to look forward to their next opportunity to engage in cross-cultural communication confidently and tactfully.

Over the course of this workshop, participants will learn about:

• Increase positive attitudes towards people of other countries and cultures.
• Saudi Arabian history and geopolitical landscape
• The Saudi perspective
• A general overview of doing business in Saudi Arabia
• Increase awareness of challenges that arise in communicating with people of other cultures specifically in KSA.
• Understand how cultures are measured and see how cooperation and collaboration can be developed across cultural boundaries.
• Increase awareness of problems that arise in communicating with people of other cultures.
• Increase awareness of participants’ own cultural values and unstated cultural assumptions.
• Call attention to any counterproductive stereotypes and prejudices toward people of other cultures.
• Assist participants to better adapt to and be more productive during interaction and communication with local colleagues and clients.
• Adjust and adapt to a new home environment and be able to engage in daily activities with a measure of ease and comfort.
• Learn to emphasis similarities rather than differences with those of other cultures.
• Communicating problems and differences
• Identifying the decision makers
• Relationship vs Task
• Who is at fault? Dealing with mistakes
• Caution vs Risk
• Initiative-Presumptuousness or Resourcefulness?
• Case studies for examination and discussion
• Understanding what culture is and how it affects us
• Getting to know our own culture
• Cultural values and how they affect your work
• Understanding our own communication style
• A contrast in communication styles
• Bridging the gap in communication styles
• Do’s and Don’ts when communicating within Saudi cultural context
• Common blocks to cross-cultural communication
• Overcoming counterproductive stereotypes
• Moving passed bias