Mind-Set In Cross-Cultural Communication
Revised on 21st July 2008
Studying different habits and learning how to shake hands in different cultures has a value. But this is not this skill that will help develop your international business.
Cross-cultural vision and an international mind-set will give you a skill set to communicate better with your international clients. This skill set will also help you to evaluate your international business potential in foreign markets. Here is how this will help you:
- The ability to see from different cultural points of view
- An increased ease of adapting to different cultures
- An understanding of different forms of politeness
- An understanding of cultural differences in respect
- An awareness of different professional behaviors and their meaning
- An ability to adjust your own behavior to these cultural differences within seconds
- The ability to navigate through different cultures without communications, and business, coming to a halt
Next week there will be an article on Get International Clients on Third Culture Kids. These are some of their natural skills.
Read about Third Culture Kids on Get International Clients:
- How A Third Culture Kid’s Natural Cross Cultural Vision Can Power Your International Business Expansion
Don’t miss this guide also on Get International Clients:
- Web Tools For Cultural Communication
Here are some more articles on Mind-Set In Cross-Cultural Communication:
- Cross Cultural Vision Is More Important Than Learning International Habits
- Communication Across Cultures Is Better With A Whole Brain Approach
Here are some articles on Cross-Cultural Communication Differences:
- Free Courses, Content And Culture Scams
- Different Countries = Different Rules
- Different Eye Tracking For Different Cultures
- Music In Cultural Differences
Read more on Cross-Cultural Communication Challenges in these articles:
- Small Businesses Learn From Intercultural Communication Difficulties To Grow Their International Business
Cindy King
Cross Cultural Copywriter & International Sales Specialist
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I agree. Often clients ask me for a laundry list of do’s and don’ts when dealing with foreigners. I suppose many people think that by knowing some of the idiosyncrasies of these foreigners, they can then minimise the chances of offending these foreigners.
There are many problems to this approach, even if you can remember the endless list of things to take into account.
Developing a “cross-cultural vision”, or understanding frameworks and dimensions, is far more useful in navigating cultural differences
Kenneth -
It really is all about taking one step towards the other persons culture, isn’t it.
It is sometimes hard for us to do. So much easier to stay in our own little cocoon, and let the other person take all the steps if they want to.
Sometimes, rarely, but it does happen - I look at the cross cultural “friendships” I have where I seem to be taking all the steps to meet the other persons culture, and he or she doesn’t make any effort.
But, hey, the other person might be making some effort somewhere that I didn’t see….
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