International Etiquette: Minding Your Global Manners
To say that today’s business environment is becoming increasingly more global is to state the obvious. Meetings, phone calls and conferences are held all over the world and attendees can come from any point on the globe. On any given business day you can find yourself dealing face-to-face, over the phone, by e-mail and, on [...]
International Etiquette: Cross Cultural Negotiations
Cross cultural negotiation is one of many specialized areas within the wider field of cross cultural communications. By taking cross cultural negotiation training, negotiators and sales personnel give themselves an advantage over competitors. There is an argument that proposes that culture is inconsequential to cross cultural negotiation. It maintains that as long as a proposal [...]
International Etiquette: Results of Poor Cross Cultural Awareness
Results of Poor Cross Cultural Awareness. Having a poor understanding of the influence of cross cultural differences in areas such as management, PR, advertising and negotiations can eventually lead to blunders that can have damaging consequences. It is crucial for today’s business personnel to understand the impact of cross cultural differences on business, trade and [...]
International Etiquette: Doing Business in China – Successful Negotiations
Doing Business in China – Successful Negotiations 1. The Chinese negotiating team tends to concentrate on developing a friendship with the member in your group who is most sympathetic to them. Later, they will pursue all their objectives through that individual, playing on the feelings of friendship, obligation and guilt. 2. Enter negotiations armed with [...]
International Etiquette for Professional Business Cards
With an increasingly global economy, international outsourcing and more and more companies opening foreign offices, the odds are good that you’ll be doing business outside the U.S. in your lifetime. It’s important to remember that different countries have different customs when it comes to exchanging professional business cards. While everyone appreciates quality business cards, there [...]
Gift Etiquette: Corporate Gift Etiquette
Corporate Gift Tips To Wow Clients & Associates 1) Know the company and their culture. Are they trendy and artistic or conservative and elegant? Your gift giving should reflect this. Also, global customs vary significantly. Ensure you understand the proper gift etiquette to avoid offending overseas clients. 2) Know the client – their likes, hobbies, [...]
Email Etiquette and Privacy Issues
Do you show a blatant disregard for your contact’s privacy? How would you feel if your contacts whether business or personal, decided to take your phone number and give it out to strangers? Stranger’s who you don’t know! Strangers who may use your phone number to contact you about something you’re not interested in or [...]
Email Etiquette and How to Down-edit Your E-mails
Down-editing your e-mail is a necessary skill that adds to clarity in your communications and helps avoid misunderstandings. In addition, responding point by point to those who e-mail you also shows consideration for their time and your command of technology. It is a skill that is developed over time – by doing. By editing your [...]
Email Etiquette 5 Rules of Forwarding
Forwarding of e-mails is one of the topics I get contacted about the most. And, one which also causes hurt feelings and misunderstandings more than any other topic. Daily, e-mails flow in from onliners asking about a “nice way” of telling someone they care about, relative, friend or associate to not forward attachments, chain e-mails, [...]
