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Methods, techniques and strategies for building intercultural competence
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Got intercultural competence? Want to get interculturally “fit”? Do you want to improve the success of your international negotiations? Mergers and acquisitions? Want to get more produc... Delete the scoop?
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Multiple Homelands, Or None At All? - The Huffington Post
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Increasingly this is the type of "Blended Culture," global nomad, global cosmopolitan person we work with. You? Delete the scoop?
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Culture at Work: The value of intercultural skills in the workplace —A survey conducted by the British Council, Booz Allen Hamilton and Ipsos Public Affairs, of HR managers at 367 large employers i... 
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“While other cultural databases do an effective job of providing country overviews, Cultural Detective Online offers unique and complementary capabilities.” —Joseph K. Lunn, Project Por... Delete the scoop?
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Swastika is a Sanskrit word, a religious symbol of good fortune used by Hindus, Buddhists, Jains and others worldwide. It can be seen in the art of the Egyptians, Romans, Greeks, Celts, Native Americans, and Persians as well. Delete the scoop?
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A major global corporation lost a 25-year senior executive at the prime of her career. She explained in her exit interview, “The corporate culture here is too parochial and I am tired of figh... Delete the scoop?
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Are these questions asked in your company /organization? —————————————— How can we build good working relationships across cultures? How can I avoid offending people from a different culture? When I travel abroad, should I adapt to 'their' culture? Delete the scoop?
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I searched for the second part of this, the how-to part, but sadly couldn't find it. Here, anyway, is her what not to do part....
"There are tangible steps that you can take to expand your ability to cultivate intercultural trust." 
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Thanks so much for posting this. To clarify, this is number 7 in a series of 50, with the follow-up to be posted next week. Apologies for any confusion.
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June 17, 2012 1:10 PM
Wonderful to hear, Sherwood! Thank you! We will look forward to reading the next installment.
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Our natural--and appropriate--instinct is to seek specific information when we are going to a specific place. Who among us, assigned to Bangalore, would not read everything we could find about India? This is certainly necessary, but unfortunately not sufficient. Without understanding culture in general, we may find ourselves with an insufficiently stocked toolkit, unable to handle many of the tasks at hand. Delete the scoop?
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Interesting first-person account of cross-cultural adjustment and the learning/adaptation cycle.
After three years (what the hell when did that happen?!) in Guadeloupe, I’ve become accustomed to many things I was definitely struggling with in the beginning. There are some mannerisms wo... Delete the scoop?
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If I were to ask you what it takes to be effective across cultures, what comes to mind? If you are anything like me, then you have probably started to rattle off some of the classics: self-awarenes... Delete the scoop?
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CD Note: speech acts are important, and may be rather universal. How speech acts are enacted, however, the word choice, tone, communication style, etc., are very culturally relative. See the book, "Communication Highwire" for more detail on this.
Speaking, writing and listening seem complex when you use English as a foreign language within an intercultural business context. Delete the scoop?
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This is a brief introduction to the world's only process-based intercultural competence development toolset, a collaborative project of over 140 experts worldwi Delete the scoop?
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Despite a tide swell in intercultural communication and worldwide immersion in social media, the current field of intercultural communication itself seems static. This blog post articulates five wa...
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Powerful and insightful series of six articles on intercultural communication, getting back to fundamentals, correcting course, taking us forward. Delete the scoop?
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Nearly every organization these days, even the smallest and most local, works with diverse customers, team members, vendors, and service providers. Cross-cultural competence, the ability to communi... Delete the scoop?
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Ever look at something and find it so beautiful or fascinating that it just sort of sticks with you? Perhaps it gives you a gut feeling that it speaks to something you’re working on? Then, ma... Delete the scoop?
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Do you ever talk about culture shock? Are you responsible for helping those relocating abroad or returning from an overseas assignment? In that work, do you reference the U-curve or the W-curve?
If so, your approach has some fatal flaws according to many academics (Pedersen, Berry) and practitioners, and has been completely rejected by others (Ward), as is explained in some depth in Kate Berardo’s research (Luton Business School, University of Befordshire UK). Delete the scoop?
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Exposure to new cultures and to multicultural social networks and teams is more likely to have positive consequences if those involved have been properly trained to understand and appreciate fundamental cultural differences and values that ... Delete the scoop?
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Many of us have found ourselves in the difficult situation in which people ask us to equip others to be cross-culturally effective and globally competitive – and then give us just a few short hou... Delete the scoop?
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... (DMIS) as first conceived by Dr. Milton Bennett, the IDI, now owned by IDI, LLC led by Dr. Mitchell Hammer, provides a baseline and a structure for understanding how we think about cultural differences and similarities. Delete the scoop?
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Is there a bottom-line business benefit to intercultural competence? As someone who has lived and breathed cross-cultural and intercultural business competency for well over thirty years, that ques...
In-depth example of how intercultural competence can make or break a business partnership. Delete the scoop?
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Remember that cross-cultural, intercultural dynamics can be very different from the monocultural variety. Delete the scoop?
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Why is cultural self- awareness important for developing intercultural competence? Here are 5 reasons... Delete the scoop?
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