’…for weak and fragile is the realm which is based
on a single language or on a single set of customs.’
St. Stephen, first King of Hungary, 1036 AD

Have you ever been in a situation, where you did understand all the words
and still did not have a clue what was going on?

‘Oh, those Hungarians…!’

From Culture Shock to Successful Adaptation

Working in Hungary in the Multinational Business Context

An evening for Expatriates and their HR Partners
on Cultural Differences and how to best overcome them on both sides

Date: Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Time: 16.00 – 16.30 Registration
16.30 – 19.45 Programme
19.45 – Buffet Reception
Venue: The ship ‘Fortuna’-Újpest Embankment, north of Margaret Bridge. See here.
Working language: English
Registration: free of charge by invitation – must end on April 27

On the Programme

Guest Speaker: Sari van Poelje, international consultant, executive coach and trainer,
Teaching and Supervising Transactional Analyst
– INTACT, Utrecht, Budapest, London

• ‘…everyone is caught in the web of one’s own culture.                                                                                                   ’ E.T. Hall and M.R. Hall Is it possible to untangle yourself? The bumpy road to successful adaptation Sarolta László, trainer, managing partner HR – Fast Business Communications

• Coffee Table Sharing of participants’ experiences and coping strategies Facilitated by Sarolta László, FBC and Ágota Ruzsa, President, SoL Hungary

• What to you say after you say hello? – A quick look at cultural differences in behaviour and how to respond to   them using a TA concept. Sari van Poelje, international consultant, coach, trainer, TSTA – INTACT

• Key aspects of the Hungarian business culture Dónal Ó Néill, trainer, coach, consultant – Fast Business Communications

• Hungarian Made Easy: a crash course in Essential Hungarian at three language levels from basic to more advanced – Parallel session for Expatriates Zsófia Nesselfeld, Víta Zolnay, Melinda Pap, business communication trainers – FBC

• Business Communication Training Made Up-to-Date – Parallel session for HR managers Andrea Buzás, Product Development Director, trainer – FBC

• Conclusion, Closing, Prize Draw

19.45: Buffet reception

A great opportunity to meet, learn, share and network.
Remember to bring your business cards.

Food for Thought

To start the ball rolling already here are some mottos:

‘All people are the same.
It is only their habits that are different.’
Confucius
‘Make the strangers welcome in this land,
Let them keep their languages and customs,
For weak and fragile is the realm which is based
On a single language or on a single set of customs.

Therefore I command you my son to extend a benevolent
Protection and respect towards newcomers, so that they would
Rather stay with you instead of settling somewhere else.’
St Stephen, first king of Hungary in a letter to his son St. Emeric 1036 AD

Itt további, tematikailag illeszkedő bejegyzéseket talál Cégportálunkról, vagy aktuális cikkeket az EU Gazdasági hírekből:

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