Cross Cultural Awareness Training

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Cross Cultural Awareness Training
Personal and group training for living and
working in Italy
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Why cultural training?

• Do you want a better understanding of Italian
  culture, the aim being more efficient in your
  career?
• Do you want to avoid or minimize the cultural
  shock that you may experience on first arrival?
• Do you want to settle into your new
  surroundings with the minimum of fuss?
• Do you and your family want to begin to
  understand the Italian way of life?
• Do you have insufficient time to spend doing
  academic courses, but need a little help?
• Do you want experienced professionals to help
  you understand why Italy works the way it does?

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How we can help you (and your family)

• Helping diplomats and managers understand Italian
  culture in a simple, fast, personalized and
  direct way
• Using a method of active learning developed
  by ourselves and other Italian professionals

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The main topics covered

• Intercultural communication.
• Why we work in a diverse way. The different
  cultural
• Software of the Mind
• Working with Italians
• All you need to know about business
  relationships in Italy
• Ethnocentrism
• My way is the best way!. Discovering the
  good and the bad elements in your culture and in
  Italian culture
• History, arts, business, culture, way of life.
• How you can learn and enjoy your stay in
  Italy in the best possible way
• Settling down in Italy with your family
• helping you and your family adapt to living
  in Italy

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Specific topics

• Core Italian values and their implications for
  business and social life
• Common misunderstandings with Italians
• English language as spoken by the Italians
• How the Italians communicate (verbal and non
  verbal communication)
• The Italian sense of time
• The Italian sense of space
• The power bases in Italy
• Italian collectivism and individualism
• Italian creativity and dis-organization
• Italian political life
• Italian social etiquette
• Italian history and arts
• Italian religion and religious beliefs
• Italian family, child care and elder people
• Specific regional culture (e.g. Sicily, Sardinia,
  North Italy, Milan area, etc.)
• and any other topics chosen by the customer

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A method based on dialogue
Not a traditional lesson but an interactive
discussion covering the most important and useful
topics about living and working in Italy

• Group meetings covering the main topics in
  English and Italian
• Personal meetings in English and/or Italian about
  all the topics chosen together with the customer
  and or his/her family

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A method based onrelationships
Your trainers are partners that share with you a
target to make sure that you understand
everything you need to know

• The time of meetings are agreed with the
  customer at home, in the office or during a
  week-end
• Personal and group sessions enabling you to ask
  your trainer all that you need to know and that
  you could not ask your colleagues

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Some tools of the Training

• Diversophy deck
• Is an intercultural card game written by Giovanni
  Intilla and John Cowley on a format of the
  Interculturalist George Simons.
• Role play
• We learn basically from experience and by
  experience we learn

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What we dont do and what we do

• YES we do group and personal training. Using e.g.
  newspapers to explain Italian political life, or
  cooking together to show the meaning of food in
  Italy.
• YES we do active learning. Starting with the
  customers own experiences and building on them
  from there. We may, for example, use a film clip
  to illustrate aspects of Italian life and start a
  discussion based on what was observed in it.
• NO we do not offer academic courses about Italian
  history, art, the economy, etc.
• NO to long boring, theoretical lessons
  about intercultural communication and
  diversification.

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What we are not and what we are

• YES we are professional partners that can help
  you and your family  facilitate the understanding
  of, and adapting into, the Italian lifestyle and
  culture in a simple and enjoyable way
• NO we are not typical teachers, counsellors or
  psychologists, but we can recommend someone good
  if you need them!

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The trainers
The team is formed by 2 Trainersone from Italy
and one ex-pat. This method has been studied
and tested because it ensures the best results
for the customer.

• John Cowley
• Director and founder member of Romenoproblem who
  has experienced all of the difficulties and Cross
  Cultural issues relating to moving to, and doing
  business in, Italy
• Giovanni Intilla
• Business Coach, Intercultural specialist, has
  worked as manager of a not for profit
  organization that helps foreigner people to
  settle down and work in Italy. He has seven years
  of experience in solving intercultural issues.

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Our Code of Ethics

• Confidentiality
• Honesty
• Objectivity
• Multiculturalism

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contacts

• Contact us at 39 339 25 75 486
• giovanni.intilla_at_gmail.com for a first free
  meeting