Intercultural competence Russia

Develop your intercultural competence and learn deep about Russian business culture!

New technologies provide greater opportunities in globalization for businesses of all sizes. Unfortunately, the biggest obstacles in international business are issues caused by cross-cultural differences. How is trust built differently in various cultures? What is the most constructive way to provide feedback? Aspects like these truly shape successful international business and vary greatly from country to country. These are the differences that impact a workplace the most. When cultural differences are not respected, appreciated and noted, business meetings get tedious, negotiations can fail. With intercultural competence training in cross-cultural competence, you can avoid many of these misunderstood issues and succeed in your goals.

The demand for effective training programs in cross-cultural communication and sensitivity has exploded in recent years, driven by the desire to prevent any misunderstandings and to boost corporate competitiveness in the global marketplace.

Improve your Russian intercultural competence with Natural business solutions GmbH. Unfortunately, not all attempts to do business with a selected business partner in Russia prove successful. Dive into the mindset of your Russian business partner. Discuss with our trainer typical mistakes made by Western European companies when entering the Russian market and have practical solutions drawn up. In this training you will be familiarized with Russian values and cultural standards and sensitized for the mentality of your Russian business partners and employees. You will learn to correctly assess typical negotiation strategies of the Russian and will gain the necessary know-how to communicate successfully and without conflict with your Russian colleagues/partners.

What’s covered

• Values and norms of the Russian society: relevant political, religious, philosophical and social aspects
• Social and business manners, notion of social distance
• Hierarchy and leadership concepts; heroes, symbols, rituals
• Knowledge and process transfer, learning and error behaviors
• Time culture: punctuality, appointments and arrangements
• Shaping business interactions successfully: meetings, business negotiations, contracts
• Verbal and non-verbal communication
• Networking, socializing and trust-building
• Self-initiative, motivation, feedback and criticism
• Sources of conflict and tension in business behavior and communication and solutions
• Expectation management of both intercultural parties

After finishing this course, you will be able to

• Identify, understand and use intercultural barriers as an opportunity
• Reflect self-perception and compare with intercultural perceptions; explore and eliminate stereotypes
• Deepen your knowledge and understanding of Russian social manners and business culture
• Optimize communication with Russian colleagues, employees, and business partners

Our training helps you to

• Interact with people who are culturally diverse (openness)
• Ask questions of other cultures (curiosity)
• Describe own cultural rules and biases (self-awareness)
• Differentiate complex worldview frameworks (cultural worldview frameworks)
• Discuss differences in forms of communication (verbal and non-verbal communication)
• Recognize the feelings of diverse cultural groups (empathy)

Anyone looking to improve their intercultural competence – you might be a professional extending your project to overseas, a manager leading a global team or a salesperson, motivated to fully understand their global target audience.