Social Interactions for Multinational Teams

If a fear of unknown differences causes you to shy away from international collaborations, you can overcome such concerns by learning how to communicate respectfully across cultures. This course explains how members of diverse workforces can effectively correspond. Learn how to avoid common communication mistakes, whether linguistic, written, verbal, or unspoken. Discover how different cultures view eye contact, gestures, personal space, and other body language. Find out how behaviors are interpreted by many cultures, behaviors like punctuality, interruptions, providing feedback, and more. Gain tips you can readily implement so that you and your multinational team can interact professionally.

Learning objectives
Distinguish between time-conscious and non-time-conscious countries.
Identify countries and cultures which have different concepts of formality and hierarchy.
Identify countries and cultures which have different levels of comfort regarding personal space.
List gestures that can be problematic in a multinational environment.
Give examples of topics that are sensitive in some countries and not in others.