Working with South Africans

This “Working with South Africans” program is designed for any manager in charge of business development and planning on an international level dealing with South African trading partners, suppliers and /or colleagues.

• Acquire knowledge about both the context and the contemporary reality of South Africa

• Decode cultural codes and values specific to this country, in a professional context

• Decode the decision-making and negotiation processes of South Africans

Before the seminar

Each participant will carry out a personal cultural assessment with the online tool Country Navigator™. This tool will enable each participant to understand her/his personal values and cultural preferences and compare them to professionals of other nationalities.

During the seminar

Our training is very participatory and experiential. Our approach includes alternating between theory and practice, simulations, and group activities. A variety of case studies and group interactions are programmed into this training course. Our objective is to engage learners mentally, emotionally and behaviorally, aligning them to the complexities and richness of intercultural exchanges with the French.

Some possible key topics

• Keys to South African culture

• South African values concerning industrial relations

• The South African business world

• Optimize communication with South Africans

• Adapting to South African managerial culture

• Negotiating successfully in South Africa

• Social codes, dress code, business cards

• Sensitive or taboo subjects: history, politics, religion, ethnicity