TRADE COMMISSIONS
SUPPORT SPECIALISTS IN
INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND EXPORT COMMISSIONS,
CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE

YOU ARE

YOU NEED TO

  • Trade commissioner,
  • International trade specialist, advisor, coach,
  • Business development officer, trade promotion officer,
  • Zone-country analyst or specialist,
  • Industry analyst or specialist,
  • Project manager, promotion manager,
  • Technical or legal advisor,
  • Coach or mentor,
  • Help companies export and develop internationally,
  • Guide and accompany companies with little international exposure,
  • Secure and speed up their international development,
  • Provide a wide array of support: market intelligence, marketing process, sales network selection, negotiation, legal compliance, issues defusing etc.
  • Make things happen and trigger new, growing and profitable flows of international trade,
  • Turn vision and projects into hard sales,
  • Find out the relevant targets and define the efficient paths for the companies you help,
  • Show them the right buttons to press in order to get things done,
  • Coach these companies to ensure they do not miss a critical step,
  • Help them dodge the stumbling blocks that could damage relationship and hamper business,
  • Help them decipher veiled messages and spot the risks of tension and conflict,
  • Help them truly adjust to foreign customers, suppliers and partners, and not rely on superficial and simplistic etiquette recipes,
  • Provide them with all it takes to succeed: training, references, methods, processes, audit, connections, supply chain and legal support etc.

The practical guide BUSINESS CULTURES ACROSS THE WORLD provides you with:

A short and quick reading for each zone or country, focused on what you need to know, without obscure concepts hard to grasp,

The social and economic background that is enough to take a step back and understand the key features of each country or zone,

How twelve dimensions of business (time, trust, bond…) combine and impact management and trade in the various business cultures.

Takeaways to get things done effectively :

  • What does that mean ?

  • Which button to press ?

  • Handling negotiation

  • Business meetings

  • Women in business

  • Things to avoid