Cross-Cultural Communication Challenge – Expand Your Mindset
Today’s Cross Cultural Communication Challenge Tip appears to be an easy one. But it is often difficult to be easy on ourselves when we are in a business context.
There are 4 monthly Cross-Cultural Communication Challenges this year. The March Challenge helps you adopt the right mindset. The last challenge will be about personal development.
Part of the reason behind today’s tip is the need to give space for personal development.
We need to be patient with ourselves because cross-cultural skills represent a process of personal development. Most people need time to adjust to different cultures.
And of course, we also need to be patient with others because they are going through a similar process of adjustment.
Very often successful international business is a team effort. This means:
- We also have to be patient with others in our team
- Management needs to be aware of cross-cultural communication challenges and give their support
Cross-Cultural Communication Challenge Tip #13
Your challenge to improve you cross-cultural mindset:
- Read your daily tips every day during the challenge
- Think about what this means to you
- Reflect on how this could help you get more international clients
Suggested Reading:
- Forgive And Get More International Sales
- Morphing Into A Foreign Culture
- How To Learn Intercultural Communication Difficulties
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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