Cross-Cultural programs foster integration with local culture. Individuals are more than prepared for the new and often demanding challenges of living and working in foreign lands.
SIRVA Relocation empowers assignees to adapt to their new culture, to respect diversity and to self-manage the complexities of relocating.

SIRVA Relocation is an expert in the design and delivery of cultural learning and development services. Programs are flexible and empathic and have been designed to cover every aspect of living and working in another culture together with a deep understanding of cultural bias and assumptions.

SIRVA Relocation is responsive to client and location requirements and can supplement or tailor programs as requested. All programs are evaluated and are designed to ensure consistency of service regardless of the location of the briefing.

Programs include:

Cross-Cultural Transition Program – Designed for assignees and their family going to a foreign location.
Repatriation Program – Designed for assignees and their family returning to their home country.
Cross-Cultural/Cultural Diversity Corporate Program - Designed for corporate multicultural teams.
Cross-Cultural Adaptability Assessment – CCAI (Cross-Cultural Adaptability Inventory) – Addresses ones ability to adapt to any culture.

Cross-Cultural Transition Program
A typical pre-departure briefing covers:

Day to day living in the host location – people, housing, health, education, shopping, travel etc.
Doing business in the host location – Means of communication, negotiation, conduct of commercial business, local work practices, decision-making and effective business transaction.
Cultural value systems – Example between home and host location cultural values – the differences and implications.
Managing the Transition – An examination of the psychology of transition and its impact on the assignee and their family.
CCAI – An examination of personality qualities considered influential in cross cultural communications and effectiveness.

Repatriation Program
A typical repatriation program covers:

Review – Looking back at overseas experiences; assess changes, personal, cultural, professional and family.
Re-entry – Coming home, up to date information on home country including basic orientation.
The process of re-entry – The psychology of loss, expectations and reality, assessing changes including financial change management, transition management, cultural adjustment, coping skills and stress management.
Re-program – Where to from here? Workplace and Career Management, Skill assessment, Network Management, Family Directions.

Cross-Cultural/Cultural Diversity Corporate Programs
A typical corporate program covers:

Understanding how knowledge of protocols increases our cross-cultural effectiveness.
Understanding the context – Stereotypes, cultural contrasts and values, comparing and contrasting host and home value systems.
Understanding the unique values of the host culture – Comparing and contrasting to the host culture.
Understanding the impact of diversity in the workplace – Cultural difference and the impact on team interactions.
Finding business value in working cooperatively with others who are different.
Practical application of learning - Cross-cultural dialogues – presented and dissected by participants.

Cross-Cultural Adaptability Assessment – CCAI
The CCAI (Cross-Cultural Adaptability Inventory) Program can be delivered on its own, as part of the assignee or international new hire selection process, or to improve skills in interacting with people from other cultures, when one is already in a multicultural or new culture setting.