Category Archives: Religion

Published in Training Magazine: Training: The Solution to the Expat Challenge

Posted on 4 May, 2012 by

http://trainingmag.com/content/training-solution-expat-challenge The single more important reason expatriate professionals fail is not even themselves: It is their families. ARTICLE | FRI, 05/04/2012 – 00:00 By Valérie Berset-Price To succeed internationally, companies often have to rely on expatriate professionals. Expatriates, or “expats,” … Continue reading →

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Published in Training Magazine: Training for International Travel

Posted on 12 April, 2012 by

Training employees on cross-cultural paradigms has become of utmost importance to successful business dealings. ARTICLE PUBLISHED IN TRAINING MAGAZINE.COM | THU, 04/12/2012 – 00:00 By Valérie Berset-Price According to The Economist Intelligence Unit(Global Firm in 2020: The Next Decade of Change … Continue reading →

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Is Our Weak Economy Bringing Back Nepotism?

Posted on 3 April, 2012 by

During my childhood, which took place in the French-speaking part of Switzerland, I often heard of sons replacing their fathers in their professional roles at work; of friends being hired to complete an engineering team; of daughters-in-law getting trained to … Continue reading →

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Trust at Risk

Posted on 7 November, 2011 by

One of my colleagues—an American executive who has lived most of his life outside the States—worked for quite some time in South Africa. One day a medium-sized company called him for help. The company was a local factory that was … Continue reading →

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