Why attend a Doing Business in Poland cultural awareness course? Poland’s unique history and culture has shaped the distinctive personality of the country and its people. The seventh largest nation in Europe, Poland was the first Eastern European country to free itself from 45 years of Communist domination and has since transformed the Polish economy into one of the most successful in Central Europe. Poland’s membership of NATO and the EU combined with a fast-developing private sector has opened up the Polish market to unprecedented levels of foreign investment making Poland an ideal destination for doing business.
Doing Business in Poland’ is designed to help organisations maximise the opportunities that Poland offers while minimising the challenges of doing business in Poland. This one-day cultural awareness programme on doing business in Poland, delivered by a leading business expert on Poland, will combine in-depth background information with hands-on practical advice in order to ensure that you have the right information to make the right business decisions.
Benefits
Communicaid’s Doing Business in Poland course will provide you with:
- A framework for understanding Polish business culture
- Analysis of cultural values and behaviours prevalent in Poland
- Major aspects of Polish social and business culture
- Open forum to discuss the key issues involved in establishing a business and doing business in Poland
- Practical strategies for working more effectively and doing business with Polish counterparts
- Human resource strategies and guidance for employing Polish workers
Who should attend
Anyone considering or already:
- Setting up and doing business with Poland
- Travelling regularly to Poland to do business
- Experiencing the challenges of working and doing business in Poland
- Recruiting and employing Polish nationals within their organisation
- Outsourcing to Poland
- Doing business in Poland and the wider central and eastern Europe
Programme Content
- Understanding Poland and the Poles: old and new Poland; major cities and regions, influence of
religion on people & society
- Polish attitudes and behaviours: identity and solidarity, personal space & body language;
collectivism
- Polish business culture: building trust, managing meetings, negotiating and decision making, key
motivators
- Communication styles: levels of directness and formality, non-verbal communication, use of
humour
- Understanding of how to work remotely with your Polish colleagues, partners and suppliers
Doing Business in Poland Course Trainer
Your Doing Business in Poland 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 Polish culture training team.
GA
PhD in Sociology, Graduate School for Social Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
MA in Sociology, Lancaster University, UK
A Canadian by birth, GA has extensive experience living, studying and working in Poland from 1995 to 2006. He has worked for the International Organisation for Migrants in Warsaw and Krakow as a coordinator for language and culture training programmes, co-owned and directed a language and cultural awareness training provider in Warsaw, worked for the Central European University in Warsaw and administered the Canadian International Schools in Warsaw. His research area for his PhD was Cross-cultural management in Central and Eastern Europe and he has been providing cross-cultural training and coaching for executives for several years. GA is now based in the UK. He is the author of the Book: Culture Smart Poland, a cross-cultural guide to Poland. |
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