Working in Indonesia

Cross-cultural workshop for Expats

With Indoconsult’s “Working in Indonesia” cross-cultural workshop you can prepare yourself best to work and live in Indonesia.

For Professionals who work in Indonesia and wish to learn more about Indonesia’s Culture, business behavior and how to develop successful business partnerships with Indonesians this course is the perfect preparation.

Our workshop will help you bridge cultural gaps through an in-depth knowledge of Indonesian culture and business approaches so as to ensure successful working relationships with Indonesian counterparts and employees.

Your benefits

The workshop will provide you with:

Better understanding of your Indonesian colleagues and a greater awareness of Indonesian business etiquette and culture
Useful tips to help you overcome the cross-cultural differences that may affect business partnerships
Practical strategies for doing business more effectively with Indonesian counterparts
Practical tools to develop stronger working relationships with Indonesians

Who should attend?

Indoconsult’s “Working in Indonesia” workshop will be of benefit to you if you are:

Doing business in Indonesia Interested in deepening your relationships or partnerships with Indonesian business people
Managing projects in Indonesia
Improving your leadership skills in Indonesia
Working with Indonesian nationals in your organization

Workshop Content

An introduction to Indonesia including history, geography, politics and religion
A discussion of stereotypes and assumptions and their implication on building business partnerships with Indonesian counterparts
An insight into the fundamental beliefs and values that affect daily life in Indonesia
Indonesian business culture and attitudes in the workplace: saving face, ethnic diversity, hierarchy, rules, relationships
Indonesian etiquette in social and business contexts
Management and working styles and how to adapt differing business approaches
Communicating across cultures: indirectness, formality and non verbal communication
Indonesian meeting, decision making and negotiation styles when doing business