FOR A WINDOW TO BRAZIL

International relocations are challenging experiences and combine the disorientation of a new world to the normal stress of any combined household move and office transfer. Inter-cultural struggles can undermine performance when it is needed most.

Living In Brazil® offers a powerful inter-cultural counseling program, Window to Brazil, to expat families on assignment to adjust properly to their new lives. We can customize the schedule as well as the content.

The methodology of our program is structured as follows:

Personality Style Assessment
Encourages self-knowledge and understanding of the SELF and its effects on interpersonal relations, as individuals of diversified attitudes and cultural backgrounds.

Adaptability Inventory
Analyses the competency of intercultural adaptation to changes and expatriation, focusing on several dimensions, of which values autonomy, flexibility, perceptivity and emotional resilience are some.

Pre-Move Session
Enables newcomers to:
     Develop an understanding and skills for building relationships with Brazilians in business and social settings,
     View their own behaviors, and those of Brazilians, in a cultural context,
     Gain competence and confidence in their new home community,
     Create a personal and family action plan for making the most of Brazil.

Post-Arrival Session
Focuses on managing day-to-day life in the specific city of the transferees' destination. All questions regarding the newcomers' concerns and levels of comfort are addressed. The consultants:
     Offer an overview of the city as a home, commerce and cultural center,
     Discuss strategies and tactics to best navigate the city and its challenges,
     Provide resource material that anyone studying the city should have.

Throughout the program, the family receives a healthy, realistic and encouraging view of life in their new city. Topics range from nightlife to favelas, from sports activities to employing maids, from schools to tenants rights and obligations.

Window to Brazil is facilitated by two consultants, one of whom is a native of the Brazilian city of choice. Throughout the sessions, the consultants continually adapt the discussion to concentrate not only on the transferees´ needs but those of the family and their personal concerns. The course is specifically designed for transferees, spouses and school age children.