Cross-Cultural
relocation training
Middle East and North Africa
Bridge the cultural differences with our trainings for expats and accelerate your adjustment!
Purpose: Helps expatriates and their families adjust culturally and psychologically to living and working in the Middle East and North Africa.
Target Audience: Leaders, project managers, and professionals working across the region.
Content: Regional knowledge, key values, communication skills, business culture, overcoming culture shock.
Formats: Firm-based pre-departure workshops, online/offline training, webinars, online mentoring, hybrid learning.
Duration: Two-day course, with customized options including webinars, briefings (2, 4, 8, 12, 16 hours), and one-on-one coaching.
Instructors: Highly qualified native experts with extensive international business experience.
Benefits: Practical advice for living and working, insight into local practices, and strategies for cross-cultural encounters.
Course Details
Many managers and business people underestimate the challenge of adjusting to a new cultural, social, economic, and legal environment. The Global Relocation Trends Survey highlights that relocation failure often stems from difficulty adapting to the local culture. Intercultural training is widely recognized as a key tool to help you and your family navigate these cross-cultural differences and gain practical insights on living and working in the Middle East and North Africa.
Who should visit this course?
This course will be of benefit if you:
- Plan to live and work in one or more Arab countries in Middle East and North Africa longer than 3 months.
- Spend extended periods of time in one or more Arab countries in the region.
- Want to deepen your knowledge about a specific country the Middle East and North Africa.
The content of the course can be designed as
- Country Analysis
- Country Information
- Country Report
for different target groups who are interested in the above mentioned nations. In addition to these countries, we offer country trainings for more than 70 countries across the globe. The course is available online or offline, in different international languages! Our country experts will deliver and cover intercultural aspects for more countries worldwide. Just contact us and request your quote.
Your benefits from this course
- This course will equip you with key communication tools and skills to understand cultural differences and to respond to messages between the lines in business and social situations.
- You will increase your awareness of culture shock and learn ways how to survive it.
- You gain a comprehensive insight to your new country in the Middle East in North Africa which will help you to accelerate your adjustment and cultural integration.
This intercultural training, “Living and Working in the Middle East and North Africa,” is designed to enhance your regional knowledge. It’s recommended if you’re based in one city (e.g., Dubai or Cairo) but manage cross-functional roles across various countries in the region. We offer country-specific courses for the following countries:
- Bahrain
- Egypt
- Iran
- Iraq
- Israel
- Jordan
- Kuwait
- Lebanon
- Oman
- Palestine
- Qatar
- Saudi Arabia
- Syria
- Turkey
- United Arab Emirates (UAE)
- Yemen
- Algeria
- Egypt
- Libya
- Morocco
- Sudan
- Tunisia
Content
Our cross-cultural trainings for expats “Living and Working in one of the countries of the Middle East and North Africa” are designed to meet your specific needs depending on your personal or organisational requirements and existing skills set and international experience. Since your intercultural training program is completely customized, it begins with a needs analysis followed by a phone interview to determine issues und content. A Living and Working in one of the countries of the Middle East and North Africa” course typically includes:
- Overview to geography, history, politics and economy and how they have influenced the local culture in your destination.
- Understanding cultural differences in communication styles, verbal and non-verbal communication, direct and indirect communication, polychronic and monochronic attitude to time.
- Practical information for everyday living (housing, medical, education system, childcare, socializing, building a network, behavioral norms, etiquette, tips and strategies for successful living and working in your destination in the Middle East and North Africa)
- Understanding of the roles of men and women in the Arab culture (What are the stereotypes and what are the facts?)
- Understanding of the impact of Islam in daily and business life (The role of Islam and religiosity in society and how does religious orientation influence people’s lives or your business?)
- Management and negotiation styles, Intercultural leadership, business communication, managing a meeting, achieving commitment
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We help you to navigate the differences
Our many years of experience and cultural know-how will help to adjust in your country. We are proud to support you.
