How To Skyrocket Your Corporate

Communication Skills To Irresistible Levels In23 Countries

For any business to develop in today's

globalized environment, cultural

barriers in communication must be

understood and overcome.

Studies report productivity increase by

30% through cross-cultural communication

training

and 72% of companies that fail to provide

them report frequent miscommunication

issues during global business dealings.

Richard D. Lewis, British linguist at

CrossCulture, has now charted

communication patterns followed by

business cultures in 23 different countries.

National Communication Patterns By

CrossCulture

Polish business communications rely onemotional appeals, strategic aggression, andfactual dialogue ending in final pragmaticconclusions.

Americans prefer clarifying their objectivesright from the get-go, and push for concessionson both ends of the table to reach a rapidconclusion.

As with Americans, Canadian business culturetends to embrace directness, but seeks greaterharmony through its dialogue and actions.

They prefer building up to professional matters,first establishing a rapport, after which theytend to stall while negotiating.

Relies on fact-oriented discussions aroundmetrics from past trends to propose a futurecourse, and will undergo few rounds ofcounter-proposals before reaching anagreement.

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