Cross-Cultural Training and Language Tuition
Culture in Business delivers Cross-Cultural Training and Language Training to individuals and organisations.
Cross-Cultural Training
Culture in Business delivers Cross-Cultural Training within companies or as an open programme.
Our services include:
If you need a country specific training, please contact us.
Working Across Cultures
Culture, attitudes, behaviours, motivation, management and leadership styles vary significantly from country to country, and have a considerable impact on how business is done both within internal teams and with external suppliers.
This workshop aims at building trust and mutual understanding between cross cultural business partners, colleagues and clients. Learn how to adapt and relate to different cultures within a team to:
- Develop greater understanding of how cultural diversity affects management, relationships, and communication.
- Explore specific cultural differences with an impact on building working relationships -including the approach to relationship-building, teamwork, types of communication, and motivating people.
- Agree on an action plan for building trust and reducing misunderstandings in key situations where different cultures interact.
For further detail and pricing information, please contact us.
Doing Business in France
Doing Business in France workshop enables international business-people to enhance their understanding of French business culture traditions and practices. The workshop will improve the way delegates communicate, negotiate, and build relationships with business contacts in France and will enhance their ability in:
- Recognising the cultural challenges and opportunities associated with doing business in France
- Understanding French business culture, business and social etiquettes and business structures
- Avoiding cultural misunderstandings and interacting more successfully with French business contacts.
This country specific training is relevant for anyone studying business French or working with French counterparts or colleagues, team leaders of international teams and sales professionals selling to French clients.
This training can be delivered in English or French.
For further detail and pricing information, please contact us.
Professional Language and Communication
In a global and highly competitive market, communication skills are crucial to succeed internationally. Mastering one or more foreign languages allow you to develop intercultural competence and cultural self-awareness.
Learning a foreign language consists not only in developing linguistic skills but also in being able to communicate effectively taking into account habits, traditions, social rules, implicit, and connotation.
Our services include :
Intercultural Competence
In the current context of expanding globalisation, mobility and contact with other cultures are crucial to develop business. Managers have to deal with new clients in foreign countries or to work within a multicultural team.
To succeed in a global competitive market, they need to develop language skills as well as the ability to adapt to one’s discourse, behaviours, and communication style.
Intercultural competence is a combination of various skills and abilities including general communicative and interpersonal skills as well as linguistics, sociolinguistic and pragmatics skills and knowledge about the target culture.
This training aims at developing intercultural competence for managers in contact with various cultures (Corporate, professional, educational, national…) by focusing on:
- Developing empathy, active listening, effective questioning
- Overcoming stereotypes that leads to misunderstanding and impedes effective communication
- Learning about your communication style and your cultural identity
- Taking into account your interlocutor’s personality and style of communication
- Exploring specific cultural differences with an impact on building working relationships -including the approach to relationship-building, teamwork, types of communication, and motivating people
- Reducing misunderstandings in key situations where different cultures interact.
For further detail and pricing information, please contact us.
Effective Communication in French
Culture in Business delivers tailor-made one to one and small group French tuition at all levels. We adapt the content of the programme to fit your needs, interests, and professional field such as:
- Management
- French institutions and diplomacy
- Banking and Finance
- Human Resources
- Economics
- Ethics
- Insurance
- Real Estate
- General and social conversation
- Current affairs
- Arts and Performances
- Literature...
The pedagogy used is highly communicative and focuses on developing confidence and ease when communicating in a foreign language. Our sessions are structured and delivered in a very friendly and supportive atmosphere.
Our teachers are qualified and experienced native speakers. They will support you not only during the class but also between two sessions. So, you will receive various information about French current affairs, activities, exercises, podcasts, videos and articles selected by your tutor to practice and keep your motivation at its highest level!
Do you want to take an exam in French or study in France? We also offer preparation for a number of certificates or diplomas in French as a Foreign Language such as DELF, DALF, TCF and Diplomas of the French Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Fees for Language Tuition:
- Pay as You Go
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1 Student |
2-4 Students |
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Phone or Skype |
£25/hour + VAT |
Non Applicable |
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Student’s Home/Office |
£40/hour + VAT |
£55/hour + VAT |
Suitable when you need to practice the language for a specific goal such as a presentation, a meeting, a trip or an interview. You will receive an invoice at the end of the month. You can pay by electronic transfer or by cheque.
- 15-Hour Package
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1 Student |
2-4 Students |
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Phone or Skype |
£337.50 + VAT |
Non Applicable |
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Student’s Home/Office |
£540 + VAT |
£742.50 + VAT |
Perfect, if you want to develop your skills and your practice of the language with a bespoke programme over 4 months and save 10%! You will receive an invoice before the beginning of the programme. You can pay by electronic transfer or by cheque.
We can also arrange a meeting room in Central London or in our office in Marylebone.
For further detail and a FREE assessment of your level, please contact us.
