Develop your intercultural competence and get to know the Swedish business culture better!

In the global business environment, understanding and dealing with cultural differences is crucial for the success of interpersonal communication. Experience shows that ignoring a multitude of small but subtle differences in business practice often strains the nerves and budgets of even experienced foreign entrepreneurs.

Immerse yourself in the mindset of your Swedish business partners. The success of a German-Swedish cooperation depends to a large extent on mutual understanding of communication behaviour. This includes, above all, differences in mentality, values and ways of thinking, written and unwritten rules of conduct, communication styles, convictions, norms, as well as customs and traditions.

Immerse yourself in the mindset of your Swedish business partners. Get to know the Swedish culture and its peculiarities with Natural business solutions. Our training deals with the intangible and subtle differences between people from different cultures. Afterwards, you will be optimally prepared to enter into conflict-free and successful business relationships with Swedish business partners and learn to appreciate the value of cultural differences.

We cover:

• values and norms of Swedish society
• social and business etiquette
• communication between intercultural parties
• Swedish culture in a business context, sources of conflict and tension as well as solutions and the successful management of business zontacts
• managing the expectations of both intercultural parties

• recognising and understanding intercultural barriers and using them as an opportunity.
  reflecting on one’s own perceptions and comparing them with intercultural perceptions, as well as exploring and breaking down stereotypes
• deepening knowledge and understanding of Swedish manners and business culture
• optimising communication with Swedish colleagues, employees and business partners

Our training helps you to

• interact with people who are culturally diverse (openness)
• ask questions of other cultures (curiosity)
• describe own cultural rules and biases (self-awareness)
• differentiate complex worldview frameworks (cultural worldview frameworks)
• discuss differences in forms of communication (verbal and non-verbal communication)
• recognize the feelings of diverse cultural groups (empathy)

This course is for anyone willing to improve their intercultural competence and be sensitised to understanding their target groups in an international, global business setting.