Cross-Cultural Communication 30-Day Challenge – Get Extreme With Clarity
This is the fourth tip on improving your explanations to get extreme clarity in cross-cultural communication. There are many different tactics you can use to explain yourself. Some of them are obvious and most of them are simple.
Clarity In Cross-Cultural Communication Tip 24
Today’s tip is both obvious and simple to do:
Break complex ideas into easy pieces and present them in a logical order
This is obvious when you think of a professor teaching first year students or explaining what he knows to people outside of his area of expertise. In cross-cultural communication this is a very similar tactic, except for one thing… you might not think it is complex enough to warrant slowing down and spelling things out in simple terms.
Experienced international professionals develop the habit of always explaining ideas in a simple and logical format, no matter how complex these ideas seem or do not seem to be.
Use this tip as a starting point. Think about what this means to you. Not sure what you think about this? There are a few links below for suggested reading to get you started. Follow each of these tips this month to improve your cultural skills.
Further Suggested Reading & Viewing
- Internationalize Your Own Communication
- Customizing Content For Your Clients
- Culture-Free Communication
Get All Cross-Cultural Communication Tips:
- Read more about all of the 2009 Cross-Cultural Communication Challenges
- Cross Cultural Communication Challenge 1 – Expand Your Mindset
- Cross Cultural Communication Challenge 2 – Get Extreme With Clarity
- Cross Cultural Communication Challenge 3 – Build Trust
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