Creating Cultural Bridges with Gulf Arabs
SIETAR Europa Bulgaria Proposal
Title of Presentation
Creating Cultural Bridges with Gulf Arabs
Presenters' Contact Information
1. Layla Al Bloushi
President SIETAR Middle East
Dubai, United Arab Emirates layla@sietar-me.org
2. Abdulhamied Alromaithy
Global Learning Academy
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates romaith1@emirates.net.ae
3. Dianne Hofner Saphiere
Nipporica Associates LLC/CulturalDetective.com
Kansas City, USA dianne@nipporica.com
Brief Session Write-up
This session will benefit attendees in two ways: you will develop your knowledge about how to work more effectively with Gulf Arab colleagues, and at the same time you will become acquainted with a new training tool called Cultural
Detective(r) (www.culturaldetective.com), designed to introduce the concepts and strategies for effectiveness across cultures.
During this session participants will gain an understanding of core Arab Gulf values, and learn how these cultural values play out in real life with real people by working in small groups to analyze critical incidents from around the world involving Israelis. The debrief tool is a visual/graphic, enabling more holistic (rather than purely linear) analysis. As trainers participating in the group, they will learn a new method for introducing culture, intercultural competence, and cultural bridging.
Cultural Detective has been used with resounding success in some of the world's largest corporations for twelve years. It is newly available as a downloadable, ready-to-go training material for 33 cultures, authored by some of the world's leading intercultural specialists.
The session will involve 1/3 presentation, 1/3 exercise, and 1/3 discussion.
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