Why Doing Business in Great Britain? As the fourth largest economy in the world, Great Britain presents organisations with immense investment opportunities. Flexible business practices combined with a highly skilled and mobile workforce offer many of the economic ingredients necessary to successfully conduct business in Great Britain. Doing business in Great Britain, however, involves understanding the diversity and unique characteristics of the British and British business culture. An island nation, proud of its history and independence, the Great Britain and British culture can often prove daunting for the uninitiated.
Communicaid’s Doing Business in Great Britain cultural awareness courses are ideal for professionals and teams who need to build more successful business relationships with British colleagues, partners and clients. A Doing Business in Great Britain course will provide you with the tools to maximise the competitive advantage of doing business in Great Britain through a mixture of in-depth background information and hands-on practical tips and business solutions.
Benefits
Communicaid’s Doing Business in Great Britain courses will provide you with:
- A clear understanding of the key drivers that motivate British business counterparts
- Greater awareness of British business etiquette and culture
- Practical strategies for doing business more effectively with British counterparts
- Better understanding of the potential challenges and business solutions involved in
establishing or doing business in the Great Britain
Who should attend
A Communicaid Doing Business in Great Britain course will be of benefit to you if you are:
- Considering doing business in the Great Britain
- Establishing partnerships with British business counterparts
- Travelling extensively to Great Britain to do business
- Employing British nationals within your organisation
- Experiencing the challenges of doing business in the Great Britain
Course content
All our Doing Business in Great Britain training courses are designed to meet the specific needs of our clients depending on their particular requirements and existing skills set. A Doing Business in Great Britain course typically includes:
- Historical and political overview of Great Britain
- British culture and values including religions, beliefs and customs
- British business practices and current economic environment
- British cultural values and attitudes in the workplace: hierarchy, status, accountability
- Management and working styles for doing business in Great Britain
- Direct and indirect communication and negotiation styles when doing business in
Great Britain
- Challenges and solutions for doing business in Great Britain
Approach
Doing Business in Great Britain programmes are available seven days a week, 365 days a year, either at one of our training centres in London, Paris, 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 materials will be used throughout your 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 Doing Business in Great Britain course will be discussed during your diagnostic consultancy.
Doing Business in Great Britain Course Trainer
Your Doing Business in Great Britain trainer will be assigned to you following the results of your diagnostic consultancy according to your objectives and areas of focus. Detailed below is the profile of a member of our British culture training team.
CGC – Cross- cultural specialist
Bsc Commercial Engineering
CGC combines his knowledge of intercultural theory with his expert professional experience of global markets to deliver country specific and cultural awareness training to a breadth of business sectors and on European, Asian and Latin American cultures.
On graduating in his native Chile, CGC relocated to the UK in 1975. He has also lived in Argentina, Brazil and Mexico and has done business in a broad spectrum of countries including Cuba, Korea, India, Malaysia and the Philippines.
During the 1980s CGC was the Manager of Islington Enterprise Centre where he secured and implemented international projects across Europe, Latin America and Africa. He then went on to work for the Body Shop as New Market Development Manager developing business strategy in emerging markets and setting up franchises in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Since leaving The Body Shop in 1997 CGC has worked as a business and cultural consultant providing consultancy and training to a wide range of clients including LeBoeuf, Lamb, The United Nations, UBS Warburg, Credit Suisse First Boston, Thames Water and British Airways.
CGC is currently the Managing Director of an e-bank involved in electronic prepayments over the internet and mobile communications working in Europe, Latin America, Middle East and Asia. In addition, he maintains an interest in TV and film producing working with various US, UK and Japanese channels. He is a regular commentator on Spanish speaking financial markets with Bloomberg TV.
He has delivered a wide range of cultural awareness training programmes to key Communicaid clients including Adidas, GSK, Talisman Energy and Cadbury Schweppes.
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