Western Socializing Skills

CROSS-CULTURAL SKILLS

Western Socializing Skills / Global Tailored Training

Why attend this training course?

Learn how to confidently socialize effectively with Western English speaking clients, suppliers and colleagues. Understand cross-cultural differences and develop your communication skills for socializing. Gain practical insight. NewSkilz Corporate Training has delivered tailored multi-country Management Training Programs in various languages such as English, Chinese, Japanese in 14 countries worldwide.

Who Should Attend?

Client facing staff, sales executives, managers and key staff that need to maintain working relationships and socialize with Westerners in English. This course is useful for helping local staff communicate better with their Western colleagues. What's more, its invaluable for your staff that need to wine and dine English speaking clients.

What will you learn?

- Considering culture and building new relationships
- Business introductions in a variety of situations
- Picking visitors up at airports and hotels
- Taking visitors on a tour of your company
- Socializing with colleagues outside of office hours
- Polite small talk, appropriate in a business setting
- Conversation about free time, hobbies interests
- Describing country, province and hometown
- Discussing economy and current affairs in the news
- Western values and morals

Skills Development Focus

- Talking About Yourself & Starting Small Talk
- Developing a Conversation & Active Listening
- Making Requests and Offers & Showing Interest
- Boardroom Etiquette & Being Courteous
- Dining out with clients and entertaining colleagues
- Describing your job, company, industry and markets.
- Responding and commenting in a personal way.
- Using indirect questions forms for polite requests
- Responding positively / negatively in different degrees
- Describing food, eating habits and local dishes.

Western Socializing Skills

Conversation Skills	Discussions Skills	Entertaining Clients	Chatting to Colleagues
Restaurants & Bars	Travel Arrangements	Hobbies & Interests	Country & Hometown
Current World Affairs	Chinese Culture	Chinese Food	Chinese History
Business Introductions	Casual Introductions	Debating Skills	Interesting Small Talk