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What’s the Difference Between Cultural Diversity and DEI Training?

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As a training provider, one of our most important jobs is ensuring our clients receive the training they need.

Sometimes, however, stakeholders can be a little confused about what exactly that is!

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What’s Indonesian Business Culture Like?

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If you’re working with Indonesians or doing business in Indonesia, then learning about the business culture is essential.

Understanding the people, their values, etiquette and customs will greatly boost your success.

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Common Fails Salespeople Make When Selling to Foreign Cultures

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“By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.”

This quote, attributed to Benjamin Franklin, is particularly relevant when thinking about cross-cultural and international sales.

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Intercultural Management Training: Waste of Money or Wise Investment?

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“Management is management.”

This is what a senior leader in a global organization stated in a meeting.

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What are Common Challenges when Working with the Chinese?

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With the second largest economy in the world, China has truly global interests.

As a result, more and more professionals are doing business with the Chinese.

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How Can Cultural Competence Positively Affect Your Business?

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In today's globalized world, businesses are increasingly operating across borders and cultures.

As such, Cultural Competence has become an essential business skill.

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The Communication Style in The Philippines: A Guide for Business Professionals

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Did you know there are millions of Filipinos working globally?

There are also millions more who work with customers, colleagues and clients around the world but virtually, from the Philippines.

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Navigating Canadian Business Culture

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If you’re new to working with Canadians, then learning a bit about the business culture is essential.

Sometimes, small insights into cultural differences can help us better understand our interactions with other people.

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Business Etiquette in the Philippines: 7 Tips for Professionals Working with Filipinos

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Over the past 5 years, we have seen a huge increase in demand for Philippines cultural awareness training.

More businesses are investing in the country as well as more Filipinos working in the business process outsourcing (BPO) sector.

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Cross Cultural Management: 10 Simple Ways to Develop Your Skills

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In today's globalized world, managing cultural diversity in the workplace is becoming increasingly important for businesses and organizations.

This is true not only for large multinationals with global offices but also for domestic businesses and organizations with employees worldwide.

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Understanding Filipino Business Culture

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If you work with Filipino colleagues or clients, then getting to know the culture will really help.

Although Filipinos are very worldly and au fait with working with foreigners, as with any people, they have a certain way of doing things.

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Multicultural Management: How to Succeed in a Diverse Workplace

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With globalization and the rise of multinational companies, the workplace has become increasingly diverse.

Knowing how to organise, communicate and lead employees from different cultures is more important than ever.

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Business Culture in Japan

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Business culture reflects the values of a country or society.

If you imagine a tree representing a culture; underneath the ground are all the values, ethics, history and philosophy that underpin the culture.

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Business Etiquette in Modern Online Business Communication

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The last decade has seen some incredible changes in terms of how communication takes place in business.

Remember the days of having to travel hours for a 30-minute meeting?

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Indian Culture and Business Etiquette

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India is a colourful, complex and multifaceted country, full of paradoxes and contradictions.

Political and economic reforms have stimulated the growth of the state since 1991, with India now the fifth-strongest economy in the world.

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Why Cultural Intelligence is an Essential Skill for the 21st Century

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Cultural Intelligence (CI) or Cultural Quotient (CQ) is a skill that enables you to effectively adapt to different cultural contexts.

The first to introduce and describe this concept were Professors Soon Ang and Christopher Earley in their book “Cultural Intelligence: Individual Interactions Across Cultures”.

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How to Sell to Customers from Different Cultures and Countries

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Do cultural differences matter in sales?

Well, if you’re looking for the answer to this question, then chances are you already know. It's a yes!

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How Intercultural Awareness Training Helps You Succeed at Work

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In the age of information technology, cultural and national boundaries between people are becoming more exposed.

It’s these boundaries that highlight differences in language, culture and approaches to work which, if left unmanaged, can sometimes lead to difficulties.

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How to Identify & Tackle Islamophobia in the Workplace

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If you are in a leadership, management, HR or DEI role and would like to understand Islamophobia and its potential impact on your Muslim employees, then this guide is for you.

Anti-Muslim bias, discrimination against Muslims and fear, hatred of, or prejudice towards Muslims - i.e. Islamophobia  - is a social problem.

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A Quick Guide to Cultural Differences in the Classroom for Teachers and Educators

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Are you interested in how to teach students from different cultures?

Would you like to understand why cultural competence is important for teachers?

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