Living and Working in Luxembourg

Why Living and Working in Luxembourg? With less than half a million inhabitants, Luxembourg is one of the smallest countries in Europe and the last Grand Duchy in the World. Luxembourg has a number of cultural and linguistic influences from France and Germany, including their languages which are used widely in the country. While most Luxembourgers speak French and German, they strongly identify themselves with their Luxembourgish dialect. This constant immersion in a multilingual environment helps to explain their openness toward the rest of the world. With one the highest GDP rates in the world and an extraordinarily high standard of living, Luxembourg is an appealing location for foreign investment and international assignees. 

An international assignment in Luxembourg, however, can be a challenging experience. Failure to adapt to unfamiliar cultural rules and behaviours in Luxembourg can cause frustration and misunderstanding leading to a failed assignment.  Communicaid’s Living and Working in Luxembourg courses are designed to respond to the needs of international assignees being seconded to Luxembourg by providing practical information and advice on the various aspects of living and working in Luxembourg.  Training also provides international assignees with an understanding of the underlying elements that shape Luxembourgish business and social culture inside and outside the workplace.

Benefits

 A Communicaid Living and Working in Luxembourg course will provide you with:

• An awareness of culture and country shock and ways of surviving it when living in Luxembourg
• An overview of Luxembourg’s cultural context including historical, social and economic background and how they impact business and social cultures
• Heightened awareness of the three official languages (national vs administrative) and their different uses
• Key communication tools and skills to understand—and respond to— business and social subtleties and nuances of Luxembourgish culture
• Essential practical information to improve  your experience of living and working in the  Luxembourg

Who should attend
           
A Communicaid Living and Working in Luxembourg will be of benefit to you if you:

• Are about to relocate or have just relocated to Luxembourg for business purposes
• Work on short-term assignments or projects in Luxembourg
• Spend periods of time in Luxembourg for business

Course Content

All our Living and Working in Luxembourg training courses are designed to meet the unique needs of our clients depending on their personal/organisational requirements and existing skills set. A Living and Working in Luxembourg course typically includes:

• An introduction to social etiquette and business culture in Luxembourg
• Information to help you enjoy leisure activities and get settled in Luxembourg
• Attitudes and values in Luxembourgish business culture: privacy, punctuality, and consensus-building
• Practical information about relocating to Luxembourg
• Attitudes and values in Luxembourgish business culture: privacy, punctuality, and consensus-building
• Tips and strategies for successful living and working in Luxembourg
• Communication, meeting and negotiation styles in Luxembourgish companies

Approach

Living and Working in Luxembourg 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 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 Living and Working in Luxembourg course will be discussed during your diagnostic consultancy.

Living and Working in Luxembourg Course Trainer

Your Living and Working in Luxembourg trainer will be assigned to you following the results of your diagnostic consultancy according to your objectives and areas of focus. Detailed below is a sample profile of a member of our Cultural Training team.

LS – Cultural Awareness Trainer

BA Dramatic Arts
M.A. Social and Cultural Anthropology
European Diploma in Cultural Project Management

Born and raised Serbia, LS has lived in Brussels since 1994.  She is an experienced trainer, consultant and researcher specialising in intercultural communication, management and mediation. 

LS worked in project management in theatre and television in Belgrade before relocating to Belgium and training in intercultural communication.  She has delivered cultural awareness training programmes on a variety of cultures such as Luxembourg and Belgium throughout Europe in France, Ukraine and Greece.

Some of her key clients include Interbrew, General Motors, Lockheed Martin Global, GSK, P&G, Pfizer, Fortis, Vodafone, Danone, Bayer and Johnson & Johnson. She also delivers large scale intercultural training programmes to groups of European civil servants at the European Commission and has recently assisted Communicaid with a large cultural awareness training project for a financial institution in Brussels.

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