Cross Cultural Training Turkey

Why Cross Cultural Training Turkey?  Home to both European and Middle Eastern cultures, Turkey is a fascinating country and an attractive destination for foreign organisations wishing to do business there.  When doing business in Turkey it is extremely important to be aware of the cultural values that influence business practices and regional customs.  A Cross Cultural Training Turkey course will help you to develop the essential skills and strategies needed to work effectively with Turkish counterparts.

Our values, communication style and working habits are widely influenced by our cultural background.  Without the appropriate cross cultural knowledge, these values and attitudes can create obstacles and lead to misunderstandings.  When working in a cross cultural environment, it is especially important to understand different cultural assumptions, values and perceptions and their impact on business. 

For example in Turkey it is crucial to establish a personal relationship with those you are doing business with.  Since family and relationships play an important role in business life, maintaining a good relationship with your Turkish counterparts will help you to be successful when doing business in Turkey.  Also take into account the influence of Islam on all aspects of Turkish society when doing business in Turkey as well as the Turks’ rather polychronic attitude towards time.

By increasing your understanding of core cultural drivers and comparing them to those of your Turkish counterparts, a Cross Cultural Training Turkey course will increase your cross cultural awareness and enable you to communicate and build relationships with your Turkish colleagues more effectively.  By providing you with a set of cross cultural skills and strategies for doing business in Turkey, Communicaid’s Cross Cultural Training Turkey will give you a competitive advantage over your competitors and enable you to do business more efficiently with Turkish counterparts.

Benefits

A Communicaid Cross Cultural Training Turkey programme will provide you with:

• In-depth cross-cultural awareness and understanding of your Turkish counterparts
• Cross-cultural tools that will help you to interpret and adapt to cultural differences when doing business in Turkey
• An understanding of the impact of cross cultural differences on business and working practices in the Turkey
• The necessary foundation and cross cultural tools to help you to build successful relationships and communicate more effectively when doing business in Turkey
• Hands-on solutions and strategies to reduce cross cultural misunderstanding and to work effectively with Turkish counterparts

Who should attend?

Communicaid’s Cross Cultural Training Turkey course will be of benefit to you if:

• You are currently doing business with Turkish counterparts
• You and your staff are working with Turkish colleagues, either face-to-face or virtually
• You make business trips to Turkey on a regular basis
• You work on international projects in Turkey or with Turkish counterparts

Cross Cultural Training Turkey Course overview

Communicaid’s Cross Cultural Training Turkey courses are designed to meet the specific needs of our clients depending on their specific requirements and existing skills set.  A Cross Cultural Training Turkey course typically includes:

• Understanding Turkish culture and its impact on doing business in Turkey
• Stereotypes: how do you see your Turkish counterparts and how do they perceive you – breaking down generalisations and misperceptions
• Key Turkish cultural values and attitudes and their impact on business: Islam, the importance of family, hierarchy and time
• Cross cultural awareness of key sensitivities and taboos when doing business in Turkey
• Communication styles in Turkey: levels of directness, non-verbal communication and personal space
• Cross-cultural management: working practices, expectations and business etiquette
• Concrete tips and strategies for effectively interacting and doing business in Turkey

Approach

Cross Cultural Training Turkey courses are available seven days a week, 365 days a year, either at one of our training centres in London, Paris, Brussels, Frankfurt and New York or at your offices in any location worldwide.  We usually recommend a one or two day course but can also offer a more flexible format to suit your schedule.

Suitably tailored cross cultural training materials will be used throughout your Cross Cultural Training Turkey course and your trainer will provide a balance of structured input and discussion of case studies and scenarios relevant to your own particular context.

The most appropriate training format, content and approach for your Cross Cultural Training Turkey course will be discussed during your diagnostic consultancy.

Cross Cultural Training Turkey course trainer

Following the results of your diagnostic consultancy, your Cross Cultural Training Turkey course trainer will be assigned to you to match your objectives and areas of focus.  Detailed below is a sample profile of a member of our Cross Cultural Training Turkey team.

FA – Cross Cultural Trainer –Turkey

FA was born in Istanbul. After completing her middle school education in Izmir she moved to Kuwait and graduated from Kuwait American School in Kuwait City.  She then completed her university degree in Switzerland in Hotel Management and Tourism.  She has also studied at the
Institute for Intercultural Communication in Portland, Oregon in the US a centre of excellence for global interculturalists.

FA has lived, studied and worked in many different countries since 1987 such as: Kuwait, Austria, Korea, Italy, Switzerland, France, England, Turkey and the US. In June 2003 she returned to Istanbul from Lyon, France.  FA brings a lot from her 16 years of practical and personal experience in different countries to her cross cultural training seminars.

She is the first and only Turkish Board Member of SIETAR EUROPA; (Society for Intercultural Education, Training and Research). 

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