Services

Intercultural Training – worldwide

In today's global office, cross-cultural communication is an increasingly vital skill for all businesses. Cultural difference can hamper the efficiency of multi-national teams internally, and damage relationships with clients and business partners abroad. Conray Intercultural has the expertise to break down these barriers, allowing you to communicate clearly with the world – whatever the language.

A bespoke service

All our programmes are flexible and can be tailor-made to meet your specific requirements. To discuss this further, please give us a call on +41 55 444 37 60 or get in touch via our contact form

Cross-border solutions

Following an initial briefing session to determine your specific requirements, we'll come back to you with a proposal as to how we can help you – whether it's a broad-brush training programme on international etiquette, or a country specific crash course for individuals or small groups, you'll only get the information you need to do better business worldwide. We cover everything from sales techniques to gender roles, so whatever the nature of your international business, we'll be right behind you.

Leaders in global coverage

Our team of experts lead the field in both scope and experience – we guarantee intercultural training of the very highest quality.

Email support for expats – worldwide

In order to address important questions quickly our experts offer advice and support via e-mail to the participants of our training.

Target groups

  • International firms or companies wishing to nurture their relationship with clients or partners abroad
  • Expatriates (staff/executives) who need to be well-prepared for their duties abroad
  • Enterprises which plan to explore new markets
  • Teams in Switzerland and abroad with members of different cultural backgrounds
  • Teams abroad interested in learning about the Swiss culture, communication and their values as well as the Swiss work ethic
  • Companies new to Switzerland who wish to familiarise themselves with Swiss culture, communication, values and work ethic.
  • Charities with an international network
  • Executives and managers with international relationships or who are leading culturally diverse teams

Benefits

  • You acquire significant, relevant knowledge in order to successfully translate management duties to a cross-cultural context.
  • You recognise your own cross-cultural profile and your potential for change. You learn communication which is appropriate for intercultural negotiations. You discover cross-cultural misunderstandings and explore your own strategies to overcome them.
  • You acquire additional knowledge on cross-cultural areas of interest. You also gain the emotional intelligence which is vital for successful negotiations with international contacts.
  • You learn how conflicts which have arisen from cultural differences can be avoided or resolved.
  • You recognise cultural prejudices and stereotypes and learn how to counter them.

Method

Knowledge transfer, cross-cultural training, workshops, exercises, exchange of experiences, real life examples