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What You Need to Know about Business Culture in China

Business culture in China is in a fascinating evolution as the country moves along in its transition socially and economically. The opening of China in the late 1970s under Deng Xiaoping brought a new and positive perspective on business and businesspeople. This occurred despite the solid grip on political power by the Communist Party and […]

Understanding the Business Culture of India

I vividly recall my days on the ground in India as a Canadian Trade Commissioner in the early 90s, where I saw, first-hand, how communications between Indian and Western businesspeople often failed to reach first base. The Westerners were thinking contracts and short term, while the Indians were thinking relationship, trust and long-term. During those […]

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Top 5 Reasons Why Cultural Competency is Important for Hybrid Teams

Just as we thought work would become easier to navigate as we gradually return to the office post-pandemic, it turns out cultural competency will be even more important to consider for hybrid teams. Cultural competence is how well we can understand different cultures and use that knowledge to empathize and work productively with those of […]

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Coaching Expatriates For Success

The challenge You have a group of expatriates who arrive in your country every year and remain in position for two, three or maybe even four years. They are often senior level executives from a range of functional disciplines who are expected to ‘hit the ground running’ as quickly as possible. Although all the expatriates […]

Managing Hybrid Teams – 5 top tips

The Covid 19 pandemic has forced thousands of organisations to restructure how they operate, and this restructuring has forced millions of workers to move out of the office and into a remote working environment. Although we are currently all mainly working in this remote environment it seems likely that, post-pandemic, many companies will choose to […]

Working in Hybrid Teams Training

We are increasingly being asked by clients to run multiple training sessions within their organisations on the topic of Working in Hybrid Teams. It will be essential as we move into the new future of work environment that organisations give their employees the necessary skill to allow then to thrive in the new normal. The […]

Global Virtual Team Challenges

We have been delivering global virtual team training programmes for major global organisations for more than fifteen years and are therefore very aware of the various global virtual team challenges that are faced by people on a daily basis. We have run these training programmes for people in multiple geographies in both a ‘live’ classroom […]

Cultural Awareness Training in Australia

Why is cultural awareness training important? As the country increasingly looks to diversify its international footprint in order to help further grow the economy, there will be and increasing need for cultural awareness training in Australia. The ability to work effectively and seamlessly with colleagues, clients and other stakeholders around the world will be one […]

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Global Virtual Team Training – 5 Key Elements

As founder of Global Business Culture, I have been running Global Virtual Team training courses for more than 15 years for major corporations around the world. We have run these programmes on a face-to-face basis, and we have run them in a virtual setting through conference calls and digital learning courses. It is therefore interesting […]

Virtual Cultural Awareness Training

Home-based Training for Home Workers In these difficult times, many of Global Business Culture’s clients are looking at innovative approaches to learning & development delivery as a way of both keeping the learning process moving and helping drive motivation and engagement for colleagues who are currently having to work from home. Many of these colleagues […]

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What You Need to Know about Business Culture in China

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