Cross-Cultural Communication Challenge Tip 17

Cross-Cultural Communication Challenge – Expand Your Mindset

Some people love cultural generalizations. I am often asked for anecdotes on cross-cultural communications gone wrong. The truth is that things are almost always much more complex and cannot be resumed accurately in any generalized statement.

In addition, many cultural generalizations that were common 20 years ago can easily get you into trouble today. There are generation issues and globalization issues that make these generalization totally obsolete.

Today’s Cross Cultural Communication Challenge Tip reminds us not to fall into the trap of cultural generalizations. People with strong international skills are also good at recognizing the different segments within one cultural group, and seeing how these different segments interact with each other.

Cross-Cultural Communication Challenge Tip #17

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:

• A Comparison Of Words In Different Cultures
• A Cultural Generalization Out Of Context
• Beyond Cultural Generalizations

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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