Whether you’re traveling abroad, networking in Hollywood, or navigating daily encounters at home, adopting refined social ...

Why do so many global projects falter? Often, it isn’t because executives misread market data or underestimate competitors; it’s because they misread each other. Cross‑cultural communication is less ...

In the multicultural workplace typical of doing business in a global economy, cultural barriers to communication abound. Besides the obvious difficulty in understanding people whose language is ...

This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. Hate crimes in England, Wales and Northern Ireland reached a new peak after the U.K.'s Brexit vote. This was sadly ...

You can't expect negotiations with French to be like negotiations with Americans, and the same holds true for cultures around the world. British linguist Richard D. Lewis charted communication ...

Next time you are having a conversation with someone, notice how much of the content is communicated without words. Let’s say your boss calls you to her office, hands you your evaluation report, and ...

As the CEO of a translation service, I have seen firsthand how cross-cultural communication in virtual teams can change the game. With the world becoming increasingly globalized, figuring out the best ...

We all have an internal list of those we still don't understand, let alone appreciate. We all have biases, even prejudices, toward specific groups. In our workshops we ask people to gather in pairs ...

Culture is a shared set of values and perceptions – and a very powerful concept. Culture can be limited to small groups, such as an office or a company, or it can be wide enough to span continents as ...

Next time you are having a conversation with someone, notice how much of the content is communicated without words. Let’s say your boss calls you to her office, hands you your evaluation report, and ...