Transition and Orientation Programs

Life Design and Career Development

A 2-day workshop, or series of separate sessions, that allows participants to discover and focus on their basic values, decide what is important to them and thus plan and make reality the next stages in their life and career.

See our full article on the value of life design and career development.

Example Workshop for High-Potentials:

Focus on You - Workshop on Life Design and Career Development

Objectives:

  • To answer the 3 Basic Questions: Who am I? What do I want? How do I get it?
  • In order to focus on your basic values, what is important to YOU and how you plan to achieve personal and professional goals.
  • Introduction to Focus on You sessions. Some information on how the brain works and how your beliefs drive what you see and perceive.
  • The first steps to becoming who you are, and who can help and support you.
  • What do you want to do with your life and your career - short, medium and long-term?
  • Where do you want to work and live? What priorities do you have for the quality of your life and career location?
  • The basis for your decision-making. What is important. Your Values- and Mind-Set.
  • The plan for your next Life-Projects. Managing your Career and Life.

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Cultural Adjustment for Employees and Their Families

This workshop is designed for people relocating to France. It will facilitate their adaptation process and give them the tools to optimise their relocation experience.

Major concerns, apprehensions and challenges and chances of an expatriation will be addressed. We will explain culture shock and analyse ways in which culture influences our values, behaviour and reactions, look at cultural differences and find ways how to function successfully in a new environment.

Topics include:

  • Relocation & Orientation Issues
  • School Choice & bilingual education
  • Awareness of cultural differences

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Orientation and Country Briefings

Through our network of partners we can provide country briefings for future expatriation or business trips to a variety of cultures.

Topics include:

  • Basic cultural overview
  • Gift giving practices
  • Social etiquette
  • Expectations and Values
  • Daily life practicalities


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New Manager Workshop


How to help a new manager transition into the team as quickly as possible.

This 1-day workshop accelerates the process of integrating a new manager with a new team. The workshop can also be used to accelerate the process of an existing team and existing manager working through tough issues that have arisen. This has proven very effective in a variety of situations.


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Program Benefits

Life Design and Career Development

Are you planning a major change in your career, a move to a different country and culture, or the next step in your life-plan?

- Discover and focus on core values

- Plan realistic life and career strategies that fit you

- Gain practical tools for on-going personal development and planning

 

 

Cultural Adjustment for Employees and Their Families

- Help minimize culture shock and periods of reduced efficiency

- Enable employees to perform at their best and succeed in new environments

- Save time and money lost due to expatriate turnover and failed projects

 

 

Orientation and Country Briefings

- Gain a quick and accurate overview of countries you will be working with, either virtually or face to face

- Learn common cultural pitfalls and how to avoid them

- Get tips and strategies for cross-cultural success and daily living

 

New Manager Workshop

Are you starting as a new manager in a team, and wanting to achieve mutual understanding and trust, so as to become an efficient and effective team as soon as possible?

- Share each others ways of working and values

- Describe and work through possible barriers and challenges

- Create an action plan for you & the team for the first 100 days

 

 

 

 

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