Tag: Bridging the Cultural Divide
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Chuseok: How to Celebrate the Korean Way
If your business travels in early October take you to Korea, knowledge of the following Chuseok customs will prepare you to engage in intelligent conversation about this traditional harvest festival.
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Lessons from FLE: Overcoming Intercultural Communication Roadblocks
Since the age of Babel, teachers have been seeking ways to overcome the hurdle of language barrier and give students practical skills to navigate new lingual and cultural waters. This challenge becomes much harder when the teacher doesn’t speak their student’s native language, or when each student speaks a different language or dialect. Sound impossible?…
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Catalonia & Spain: 4 Cultural Differences
As the Catalonian referendum continues to make international headlines, people around the world are asking about the cultural distinctions between Catalonia, a region in northeastern Spain, and the rest of the Spanish territory. During my business travels to Barcelona, Spain, the phrase ‘Catalonia is not Spain’ has not only been heard, but viscerally experienced during…
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Arabic in the 2018 Business World: Three Reasons to Learn Arabic
The U.N. Arabic Language Day is celebrated on Dec. 18 every year, the following 3 reasons will not only inform you, but encourage you to consider learning Arabic in 2018.
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Corporate Telephone Etiquette: A Wake Up Call for Millennials
In an era when everyday communication methods involve GIF keyboards, Snapchat filters, and group messaging, young professionals are poorly trained on verbal telephone conversations. If you fall into this category, consider these 5 guidelines for corporate telephone etiquette.
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Gifts and Goodwill: Your 2017 Holiday Gift-Giving Guide
This holiday season, consider these 8 tips for a thoughtful and successful experience.
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Art of Conversations in the Millennial Age
To dispel this stereotype and strengthen millennial interpersonal skills, avoid these four modern communication mishaps.
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Global Gift Giving in Southern Europe
Absorb wisdom and educate others about global gifting tips to increase your cross-cultural understanding of the world.
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Global Gift Giving in Northern Europe
While gifts are not traditionally exchanged between business associates in this region, the holiday season is a wonderful opportunity to express gratitude and goodwill with a culturally-appropriate token.
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Global Gift Giving Customs in Central & Eastern Europe
As part three of cross-cultural gift giving worldwide, let’s explore the different implications when giving and receiving gifts in Central and Eastern Europe (CEECs), as defined by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). The countries included in CEECs are Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia, and…