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Cross Cultural Awareness Training

Cross Cultural Awareness Training. Personal and group training for living and working in Italy . Why cultural training?. Do you want a better understanding of Italian culture, the aim being more efficient in your career?

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Cross Cultural Awareness Training

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  1. Cross Cultural Awareness Training Personal and group training for living and working in Italy

  2. Why cultural training? • Do you want a better understanding of Italian culture, the aim being more efficient in your career? • Do you want to avoid or minimize the “cultural shock” that you may experience on first arrival? • Do you want to settle into your new surroundings with the minimum of fuss? • Do you and your family want to begin to understand the Italian way of life? • Do you have insufficient time to spend doing academic courses, but need a little help? • Do you want experienced professionals to help you understand why Italy works the way it does? www.intilla.com

  3. How we can help you (and your family) • Helping diplomats and managers understand Italian culture in a simple, fast, personalized and direct way • Using a method of “active learning” developed by ourselves and other Italian professionals www.intilla.com

  4. The main topics covered • Intercultural communication. Why we work in a diverse way. The different cultural “Software of the Mind” • Working with Italians All you need to know about business relationships in Italy • Ethnocentrism “My way is the best way!”. Discovering the good and the bad elements in your culture and in Italian culture • History, arts, business, culture, way of life. How you can learn and enjoy your stay in Italy in the best possible way • Settling down in Italy with your family helping you and your family adapt to living in Italy www.intilla.com

  5. Specific topics • Core Italian values and their implications for business and social life • Common misunderstandings with Italians • English language as spoken by the Italians • How the Italians communicate (verbal and non verbal communication) • The Italian sense of time • The Italian sense of space • The power bases in Italy • Italian collectivism and individualism • Italian creativity and dis-organization • Italian political life • Italian social etiquette • Italian history and arts • Italian religion and religious beliefs • Italian family, child care and elder people • Specific regional culture (e.g. Sicily, Sardinia, North Italy, Milan area, etc.) • and any other topics chosen by the customer www.intilla.com

  6. A method based on dialogue Not a traditional lesson but an interactive discussion covering the most important and useful topics about living and working in Italy • Group meetings covering the main topics in English and Italian • Personal meetings in English and/or Italian about all the topics chosen together with the customer and or his/her family www.intilla.com

  7. A method based onrelationships Your trainers are partners that share with you a target: to make sure that you understand everything you need to know • The time of meetings are agreed with the customer: at home, in the office or during a week-end • Personal and group sessions enabling you to ask your trainer all that you need to know and that you could not ask your colleagues www.intilla.com

  8. Some tools of the Training • Diversophy® deck Is an intercultural card game written by Giovanni Intilla and John Cowley on a format of the Interculturalist George Simons. • Role play We learn basically from experience and by experience we learn www.intilla.com

  9. What we don’t do and what we do • YES we do group and personal training. Using e.g. newspapers to explain Italian political life, or cooking together to show the meaning of food in Italy. • YESwe do active learning. Starting with the customers’ own experiences and building on them from there. We may, for example, use a film clip to illustrate aspects of Italian life and start a discussion based on what was observed in it. • NO we do not offer academic courses about Italian history, art, the economy, etc. • NOtolong boring, theoretical lessons about intercultural communication and diversification. www.intilla.com

  10. What we are not and what we are • YES we are professional partners that can help you and your family  facilitate the understanding of, and adapting into, the Italian lifestyle and culture in a simple and enjoyable way • NO we are not typical teachers, counsellors or psychologists, but we can recommend someone good if you need them! www.intilla.com

  11. The trainers The team is formed by 2 Trainers:one from Italy and one “ex-pat”. This method has been studied and tested because it ensures the best results for the customer. • John Cowley Director and founder member of Romenoproblem who has experienced all of the difficulties and Cross Cultural issues relating to moving to, and doing business in, Italy • Giovanni Intilla Business Coach, Intercultural specialist, has worked as manager of a “not for profit” organization that helps foreigner people to settle down and work in Italy. He has seven years of experience in solving intercultural issues. www.intilla.com

  12. Our Code of Ethics • Confidentiality • Honesty • Objectivity • Multiculturalism www.intilla.com

  13. contacts • Contact us at +39 339 25 75 486 • giovanni.intilla@gmail.com for a first free meeting www.intilla.com

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