Cultural differences impact
people and businesses

context
is king

Behind every organization in today's global economy, there is an idea, a product or a service to be developed. And very high expectations.

However, unfamiliar values and norms can stifle your well-intended efforts if you fail to read different cultural environments and interact with people appropriately.

RIO TOTAL CONSULTORIA offers intercultural insights and tools to deal with the challenges of cross cultural business. Your ability to adjust to new ways of thinking and performing will give you a competitive edge.

This effective communication will help you build trusting relationships, as you will be able to more effectively collaborate and innovate with your international teams and customers.

solutions

Our portfolio of solutions include Intercultural Coaching and Tranning, Courses and Lectures

MAXIMAZING YOUR PRESENCE IN BRAZIL

Understanding Brazil & the Brazilian Culture

History, geography and cultural values giving you a picture of Brazil today

Doing Business with Brazilians

Business climate and the local mindset

Learn how to antecipate and handle new work situations

Making a New Life in Rio de Janeiro

Lifestyle, socializing and services

Family transition

Personal safety tips

Medical Emergencies

Vocabulary, culture, and local medical network

Personal support systems

WORKING ACROSS CULTURES

Expats & Digital Nomads

History and culture of your host country

Business Climate

Personal & family transition strategies

Optimizing your repatriation

Multicultural Teams

Motivation, engagement and collaboration across borders

Adapting communication and decision making styles
Building relationships and trust F2F & virtually

ELEVATING CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE

A Culture of Connection
and Global Customer Experience (CX)

Learn how to decode the values, priorities and expectations of your global team members and clients

Improve direct and indirect interactions with people using a global mindset

Best Practices Globais

Simple and personalized behaviors and tactics to elevate the context and interactions

Building trust and loyalty across cultures

CULTURAL INTELLIGENCE =
more collaboration + productivity

DENISE CORONHA LIMA

Founder, Consultant and Coach

More than a source of personal effectiveness, RIO TOTAL CONSULTORIA programs are key for professionals and businesses wanting to thrive in today’s reality. Since 2005, Denise has helped clients of +50 nationalities (from drivers, chefs, doctors and consultants to multinational middle management and C-level executives and families) gain insight and improve coping and leading mechanisms by refining behavioural and communication skills, all of which can be easily implemented.

As a result, clients have leveraged challenges into opportunities and become centers of influence.

Her greatest achievement so far was designing and delivering 51 cross-cultural workshops (enhancing team spirit & safety culture) to all Brazilian & international crew members from +10 countries of three oil rigs (Macaé, RJ and Rio Grande/ Argentina).

Prior to being a Cultural Expert, Denise taught Portuguese for expat professionals at multinationals for many years, and published Power Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese in 5 Steps (Ed. Jaguatirica, 2014) and Ensinando Português no Mundo Corporativo (Ed. Qualitymark, 2004).

Denise is a Consultant and certified Intercultural Coach, holding an MBA in Behavioral Economics and Post-graduate degrees in Distance Education and in Applied Linguistics. She is a member of the SIETAR Brazil since 2014.