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Middle East

Looking for Cross-Cultural Training on the Middle East?
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Middle East Cultural Awareness Training

"Brilliant; thoroughly enjoyed the training, very informative, amusing and kept my attention."

All Saints delegate

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Our training course is perfect for anyone working with The Middle East or doing business in Arab Cultures.

 

 

 

 

Who benefits from our courses?

We help people from all walks of life.

  • Professionals and families relocating to The Middle East
  • Businesses needing help managing suppliers or staff in the region
  • Project teams collaborating with Arab counterparts
  • Leaders and managers motivating employees in the region
  • Exporters pitching for prospects in the Middle East

 ...and many, many more.

 

  Case Study - German-Qatar Relations

Our client is a German company who had entered with an agreement with a similar company in Qatar.

In short, the Germans were ripping their hair out over missed deadlines, unclear communication and seeming indifference. They expected similar German standards and were worried about the future of the agreement.

We designed and developed a training course which helped them pick apart their issues and frustrations. Together with their trainer they thought up strategies on how best to improve the relationship and ensure the project moved forward as they wanted.

Within 6-months the relationship had changed and the two still work together to this day!

 

What's Covered in the Course?

All our courses are bespoke.

This means no two courses are ever 100% the same. We tailor the contents, topics and approach according to who are are training.

 

Topics many of our clients want to explore include:

Cultural Awareness & The Middle East

  • Cross-cultural (mis)perceptions
  • Attitudes to foreigners and stereotypes
  • Social values and cultural pillars

 

Communication in the region

  • Beliefs, ethics, customs and expectations
  • Building relationships, etiquette and manners
  • Communication and sharing information

 

Business in The Middle East

  • Business drivers and cultural fundamentals
  • Cross-cultural analysis of potential challenges
  • Comparative analysis of business practices

 

Working in the Arab World

  • Relationships, trust and common goals
  • Networking, business entertainment and meetings
  • Managing conflict, influencing and decision making


These topics are indicative only - we cover what learners need.

 

How is the training delivered?

All our courses are delivered as webinars.

 

How do I get a course overview?

Simply by using the form below.

Let us know a bit about what you need and we can either send you a sample course outline or arrange a call.

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Our Training Approach

Our name - Commisceo - perfectly describes our training ethos.

Commisceo is Latin, meaning “to unite, to mix, to mingle”; it infers that through people coming together, mingling and sharing knowledge, that unity can be brought about.

Many businesses and organisations appreciate that their staff need this understanding - with the global economy more important than ever they are investing in training courses, resources and intranet content to bring about “cultural competence”, “cultural sensitivity” or “cultural awareness”.

We feel many of the cultural awareness courses on offer today are defunct; they tend to be based on old, tired, monocultural paradigms and on top of that stick to the standard training-room-style format. Very few achieve true “cultural awareness” - in fact, if anything many courses entrench people further in their own cultural definitions rather than allow them to break free of them which is exactly what is needed.

As leaders in cultural awareness training and coaching we have adopted a different approach. We emphasise self-critique, skills based cultural understanding and experiential learning.

Our focus is on creating ‘global mindedness’. We don’t want “culturally conscious” people at the end of our courses, we want “culturally unconscious” people in that culture never becomes an issue for them; they don’t even think about culture as they have the skills, insight and know-how to think beyond this and see things holistically. No matter where in the world, or who they work with, they know how to make things work.

Our Cross Cultural Trainers

We are very proud of our trainers.

We believe they are the best in the business in terms of their know-how and more importantly, how they relate to and educate others.

Where do our cross-cultural trainers come from?

Professionally all our trainers are people from industry. If we deliver a course on management in Indonesia, our trainer would have been a manager in Indonesia.

If we are designing and delivering a team-building course for a global brand, our trainer would have been a manager of a multicultural team for a global brand.

Our trainers are picked specifically for individual clients based on professional experience.

Trainers are also chosen for their training styles and charisma; we don’t do ‘stand in front of audience and talk’ training. Our style is engaging, interactive, explorative and creative. All our trainers reflect this in how they deliver. Although all are natural motivators and educators, they all keep abreast of innovations and developments in methodologies, tools and the like.

The final requisite for our trainers is to wholeheartedly share our beliefs in why and how we train people. A shared ethos ensures our clients receive outstanding consultancy pre- and post-training.