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The British communication style can be tricky for some foreigners.
Their complex use of indirect messages, suggestions and insinuation can be confusing.
What is Cross Cultural Training?
'Culturally aware' professionals have a distinct advantage over their peers. International businesses increasingly cite Cultural Competence as a core requirement during the recruitment process. Why? Because culturally competent staff, who unders
3 Simple Steps to Building a Culturally Competent Virtual Team
Working in global virtual teams can be tough. It’s common for teams to face all sorts of challenges, whether different time zones or languages. Whether it’s lack of engagement, poor leadership or just very different expectations around responsibility
3 Real-life Examples of Cultural Misunderstandings in Business
Need examples of cultural misunderstandings in business? Well, we are going to share real-life examples of cultural misunderstandings from our cross-cultural training work. We have picked 3 examples that highlight the most common challenges people fa
Work with Iranians or doing business in Iran?
Learning about another culture is much more than learning about dos and donts; it’s about understanding their values and their mindset.
Are you interested in Indian culture? Want to learn more?
Watching Indian TV shows is a fantastic way of learning about the culture, so we’ve found the best 3 on Netflix for you!
Every culture behaves in certain ways that can seem weird and wonderful to the outsider.
By way of exploring Thai culture, in this blog, we’re going to be looking at some of the stranger aspects of life in Thailand.
Google Search Engine data provides a fantastic window into the cultures of different countries by giving us insights into popular online searches.
By understanding what people within that country or culture are searching for, we can start to appreciate the topics and concerns that bind them together.
Do you work with or do business with Indians? Do you sometimes find it confusing?
Well, believe us you're not the first or the last.
If you’re travelling to the Middle East on business, and want to make a good impression, then it’s important you understand behaviours that are considered rude – or even taboo.
The Middle East is a large region, made up of many different countries – and hence cultures.
Doing business in China? Then you'll be attending lots of meetings!
If you’re attending meetings in China, then it’s important to understand a little about Chinese culture and how meetings are run.
Over the past 15 years a continuous theme, which has never ceased to amaze us, has been the way in which businesses significantly underestimate the impact of cultural differences.
It typically takes something to go wrong before stakeholders take notice.
Imagine that you’re presented with an unfamiliar board game and told to play it.
Unfortunately, you don’t understand the rules and irritate the other players by making mistakes and getting things wrong.
Overall, British society tends to be quite relaxed about most things.
However, with a certain way of doing things and an emphasis on manners, Brits can become quite irritated with people who fall short of expectations.
Imagine you’ve been asked to play an unfamiliar board game and that you’re instructed to play it without any understanding of the rules.
You soon begin to irritate other players by making mistakes and getting things wrong and, after a while, the game becomes a stressful and confusing experience.
Are you new to doing business with the Middle East?
Understanding the local culture is critical if you want to succeed.
Visiting Japan for business or working with Japanese colleagues?
Then put your best foot forward and make a great impression by understanding Japanese business culture!
Wherever you travel in the world, getting someone’s name wrong can be the difference between making a good impression or a bad impression.
If you’re travelling to China on business, it’s important that you take the time to understand the naming structures.
If you’re travelling to the UK for a business meeting, then be sure to make a good impression by understanding British meeting culture!
A little bit of cultural awareness can go a long way in improving communication and professional relationship building.
Are you travelling to the Arab world for business or working with Arab clients/colleagues?
Need to know what to call people and how to address them? Then this blog is exactly what you’ve been searching for!
Whether for business or pleasure, if you’re travelling to Japan, it’s important you know how to address people.
Etiquette is an important part of Japanese culture and getting things wrong could result in you being perceived as rude or ignorant – not a good footing on which to start your trip to Japan.
Unless you’re well-acquainted with Japanese culture, then it’s unlikely you have come across the word freeter before.
However, if you want to understand Japanese culture, this word can give you some great insights into the Japanese people's values and attitudes.
Culturally speaking, how easy would you say it is to do business with the UK?
Well the Business Culture Complexity Index ™ (BCCI), which assesses the potential complexity of a country's business culture, has just the answer!
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