Cross-Cultural Communication Blunders

Most businesses are afraid of making cross-cultural blunders. The risk can seem unmanageable when entering new markets when you consider the public nature of many of these blunders. Although we can learn from the many examples of cross-cultural blunders businesses make, it’s really through international business experience that we can truly minimize these risks.

Cross-cultural communication misunderstandings happen all the time.  Unfortunately there isn’t a way to avoid them.  But with the right procedures and adequate skills you can limit these misunderstandings from becoming international business blunders.  This article series shows you how to keep any cross-cultural communication misunderstanding from leading into a full-blown cultural blunder.

Cross-Cultural Blunders

Cultural Blunders Kill International Business

• Can You Prevent All Cultural Blunders?
• Should You Be Afraid Of Cultural Blunders?

How Cultural Blunders Happen

• A Communication Disconnect Between Two Cultures
• Cultural Blunders In Tele-Sales

Now, It’s Your Turn

• What concerns you most with cross-cultural blunders?
• What do you do to minimize cross-cultural blunders?
• Have you ever made a cross-cultural blunder you could have avoided?

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