The modern workplace is a culturally diverse environment that consists of people from many different countries, faiths, races, family structures, political beliefs and languages. To communicate with your coworkers efficiently and effectively, it is critical to develop cultural intelligence and…
Whether we e-mail, text, speak, signal or broadcast our ideas, the information we communicate must be received and understood by the intended audience. As a member of the global workforce, your mission should be to send messages that are clearly…
We all know people we work with who could benefit from knowing when to speak less and listen more. These people can talk forever, tell entertaining stories but always dominate conversations and never pause to allow others to speak. As international…
Today people can’t go anywhere without their phones. They rely on them throughout the day to talk to friends, make weekend plans and discuss family and social matters. Social calls are very informal, with little structure and often no planning. …
Meeting persons from different cultures can be stressful and confusing. Because we usually are not familiar with their responses, choices, and verbal and non-verbal cues—which typically are different from our own—we, as well as others unfamiliar with their cultures, struggle…
For companies entering overseas markets, communicating in different languages to different cultures can be challenging. When expanding marketing reach internationally, marketers must consider demographic, geographic, linguistic, technological, economic, political and legal differences that can influence communication and marketing strategies. Among…