
Cultural Detective Belgium will enable anyone who works with Belgians to better understand their colleagues' working style, preferences, motivations and to function more effectively. Scenarios include a broad mix of Belgian colleagues—French and Flemish, young and old, male and female, in both large corporations and smaller companies.
Cultural Detective Belgium contains the following stories and critical incidents:
- Relocating to Brussels:
A Dutch expatriate and his family relocate to a beautiful house in the suburbs.
- Small People:
A US financial director meets his Belgian team for the first time.
- New Site, A:
A Belgian plant manager starts a new production site in Thailand.
- Appointment, An:
A Belgian sales representative on a trip to South America—first stop, Buenos Aires.
- Circles:
An over-enthusiastic Belgian sales manager lays down his working methods to Congolese workers only to find out later they had set up their own system.
- French is the Best:
A French industry manager arrives in Belgium to improve revenue results.
- Instructions:
A Belgian marketing manager gives instructions to an Indian intern and finds the intern less than motivated.
- Lunch in Belgium:
Belgian and German workers go out for lunch, and the different approaches to work-life balance are apparent.
Cultural Detective Belgium was authored by Sabine Tobback,Marie-Thérèse Claes and Dianne Hofner Saphiere.