Arab Deal Information
The professional Behavior and the body language: You can remove the shoes when you enter some building or some houses. It is expected that you follow the host if you are an international professional. They feel bad if you admire the etiquette in the board room or in the house of some Arabian professional. If you admire, the professional person should offer the admired item to the colleague or the guest and if it happens then you should refuse because they feel it is impolite if you refuse. You are not supposed to cross the legs and show the soles of the feet or the shoes are not correct in a business meeting. Actually some of us are used to show the thumbs up gesture because it is a sign of positivity in most of the countries but here in Arab it might be an offensive thing and most of the professionals are concerned about this.
When you plan to start a business in Abu Dhabi then you should definitely know about the business behavior before you start one. So go through various other things before you plan to do the actual business or when you plan to go to the Arab countries. There are also many other things that you should know when you go to the Arab countries.
Greet in a Professional way: To give a handshake is the most common form of the greeting. The business hand shakes are supposed to be firm ones. Men who are familiar with each other can kiss on cheeks of each other 3 times (alternating cheeks) but this is done in some cases. The international colleagues should follow the Arabian host when they are in the company for the business purpose. Women can have hand shakes as well and they can engage themselves in a handshake and 3 kisses on the cheek. As the Arabian countries are the Muslim people, it is not good or correct for the men and the women to have some physical greet with each other. In the professional situations, a nod is enough to acknowledge is more than sufficient between the genders.
It is important that greet is the first thing that is followed by the other business talk. You should also not forget to greet them in the Arabic language. It is also important that you talk with the business professionals in an official way rather going in to their personals or going to their families. People respect you with the intelligence that you have and not with the concerns that you have for them and their family in the Arabic countries. So there are also many things that are expected to do when you are in a professional meeting in any of the Arabian countries. It is better to go through the dos and the don'ts before you go for attending a meeting or starting a business in the Arabian countries. Since, this will help you to behave as expected by them.
Follow all the above things and behave in a professional way and get your business things done.
