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
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First Month: Short tips to think about
There are 4 Cross-Cultural Communication Challenges in 2009. Cross-cultural communication can be overwhelming. International business professionals are often too busy to take the time to improve their cross-cultural communication skills. This is why this challenge is divided into 4 specific areas of improvement and why the tips are very short.
| Challenge | Why | When |
| Mindset | It all starts here | March 2009 |
| Clarity | Your first priority | June 2009 |
| Trust | To bring in sales | September 2009 |
| Personal Development | For strong cultural skills | December 2009 |
These 4 different aspects of cross-cultural communication are what I found to be the most important to me throughout my 25 years of international sales and marketing. You can read more about the other monthly challenges here:
- 2009 Cross-Cultural Communication Challenges
- Cross-Cultural Communication Challenge 1 – Expand Your Mindset
Don’t forget to download the Free Mini-Poster from the first monthly challenge to Expand Your Mindset
Use Your Cultural Skills to Get More International Sales
Second Month: Short review on how to use the cultural tips to get more international sales
Are you an international business professional? Then don’t stop at this month’s challenge. After each monthly Cross-Cultural Communication Challenge, the following month reviews each one of these tips once again, this time together the corresponding International Sales Best Practices.
This is where things get fun. You will see where to put your cultural skills into practice to get more international sales. Turbo charge your learning by going through the cross-cultural communication tips once again, this time looking at them from a sales angle and through the eyes of an international sales professional.
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I like your site a lot. It reminds me of the challenges I was facing when living abroad. The design is very neat and tidy. Good job!
Hi Webdesigner – thanks for the kind words. I particularly appreciate them coming from a .de
At the time I was revolting against the American boring blog designs that were omnipresent last year and tried to come up with something that says I’m not American. I think those feelings have subsided.