Cultural and communication differences exist in many capacities. In business, international managers often see differences in how meetings are used and conducted among cultures. In some regions, meetings are used to approve key decisions, as opposed to debate the merits of one strategy over another. Where meetings are used to…
The effectiveness of our communication with others determines our reputation, the way we project ourselves in front of others and the interpretation of our responses with respect to our professionalism, credibility, confidence and honesty. Unfortunately, communicating with skill and professionalism requires practice, years of experience and mastery of a…
What Is Strategic Content? Strategic content requires planning your message to accomplish specific goals and objectives. Problems arise when communicators ignore the pillars of strategic content strategy. But by including these pillars of strategic content strategy, you ensure a clear purpose, audience orientation, credible content, strategic argument, engagement, critiquing and…
In today’s world of international relationships and trade, project teams may be scattered throughout the world. Team members might be located across regional, linguistic and cultural boundaries. For instance, your corporate office might be in Washington, D.C., and team members might work in regional offices in Japan, China, Brazil, Russia,…
People may have many reasons to repress or express emotions. Of importance to international managers are cultural and social expectations. As most international managers recognize, how we feel and express our emotions is a function of the cultural and social groups to which we belong. When providing interpreting and document…