The Language of Emotions Doesn’t Always Translate Across Cultures
Every culture has an ability to read another person’s emotions. We can tell if someone is genuinely interested in what we are saying by a...
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- Feb 28, 2019
How to Surmount Cross-Cultural Trust Barriers in Business
Our culture is embedded in everything we do. Defined as shared values, beliefs and norms of a specific group of people, culture...
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- Dec 28, 2018
Need a do-over? Here is how to celebrate the new year 8 times in 2019!
It’s the end of December and the beginning of a shiny, brand new year, a time when most of us look back and reflect on all that was good,...
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- Nov 30, 2018
How to Guide to Celebrating Workplace Cultures
Are you looking to infuse some more camaraderie into your multicultural workforce? Need fresh ideas on how to celebrate your company’s...
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- Sep 28, 2018
Skills Every Multi-Cultural Manager Needs
Today’s diverse work environment requires knowledge and insights from participants with diverse backgrounds. When the global market is...
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- Aug 31, 2018
Tips to Better Communicate with Overseas Colleagues
In today’s world, business colleagues are often spread out all over the globe. In between them all are different time zones, many...
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- Jul 30, 2018
A Recipe for Cooking up a Bangin’ Cross Cultural Training Program
Ah, that recipe for the perfect meal. We’ve all had one. Perhaps you’re imagining it right now –cooked to perfection, beautifully...
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- Jun 29, 2018
How to pack for a Successful Cross-Cultural Leadership Business Trip
So, you are setting off on a cross-cultural leadership business trip to establish solid teams and forge a successful future for a company...
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- Feb 14, 2018
Transforming the World with Good Old-Fashioned Love in any Language
There is a guy, a regular Joe, currently, traveling our nation handing out hugs, high fives, and good old-fashioned small talk to anyone...
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- Jan 31, 2018
Don’t Be an Outsider: 6 Tips on How to Make your New Neighborhood Feel Like Home
You did it! You bought a new house in a new town, maybe even a new country! Congratulations! We know that isn’t easy or stress-less. ...
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- Dec 15, 2017
How Patient Service Providers Can Better Serve Multilingual, Multicultural Patients
Have you or your family ever benefitted from patient services? Offered by many hospitals, clinics, and even pharmaceutical companies,...
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- Nov 15, 2017
Trailing Spouse Survival Guide
So, your husband or wife received a once-in-a-lifetime job opportunity which requires a move to a foreign land and you are now the...
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- Oct 30, 2017
Do powerful new healthcare advertising strategies work across cultures?
As you might suspect from those informative but uninteresting medical brochures, and print ads with more fine print than appeal, the...
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- Sep 15, 2017
Diversity in Workplace: Pluses and Minuses
The earth is a large ball spinning in space, teeming with life, it’s very existence dependent upon diversity. It has different types of...
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- Aug 30, 2017
Eight things you need to know about advertising to bilinguals
Whether you’re targeting a demographic with incredible buying power, or trying to give a certain cachet to your brand, bilingual...
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- Jul 31, 2017
Tips for Expats Living and Working Abroad
Travel the world! Meet new people! Experience different languages, cultures, cuisines! Sounds idyllic, alluring. And while many of us...
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- May 26, 2017
Latinx and The Linguistic Revolution
You may have heard that it is now perfectly acceptable to use “they” when referring to a single person. The old “he/she” rule is now...
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- Apr 24, 2017
Being an Expat: The Rewards
Reasons for becoming an expat or expatriate, a person temporarily or permanently residing in a country other than that of their birth,...
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- Dec 19, 2016
Why You Should Provide Training for Your Employees: Cross-Cultural Training
Last month we discussed the importance of employee language training. Besides improving employee talent, the benefits also include...
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- May 2, 2016
Weird but true: Your environment can change your native language
Today, in the middle of a conversation, I forgot the word “organic”. Funny thing is, I could say it effortlessly in my second language,...