Category Archives: Time Management

Don’t Pull the Plug Too Fast

Posted on 20 December, 2012 by

Readable in the Business Section of the Huffington Post at the following link or below. Happy Holidays to you all and thank you for your readership throughout the year! As the year draws to an end, I am contemplating the biggest … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Cross-Cultural Communication, Cultural Intelligence, Cultural Wisdom, Foreign manager, Global Mindset, International Business Practices, International Sales, Managing People, Time Management | 4 Comments

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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100 Cups of Tea Drunk and Still NO Purchase Order!

Posted on 22 March, 2012 by

In the context of my Managing Across Cultures class, I created a system of world maps that illustrates the differences in cultural behaviors one can find throughout the world. Without exception, U.S. nationals are always surprised to see how isolated … Continue reading →

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Cultural Intelligence: From Buzz Word to Biz Mark

Posted on 23 February, 2012 by

This blog of mine was published last Friday on http://www.Livemocha.com, the world’s largest online language learning community. To read my blog in its original version: http://blog.livemocha.com/2012/02/cultural-intelligence-from-buzz-word-to-biz-mark/ For those who prefer to read it here: Sitting on the plane the other day, I … Continue reading →

Posted in Cross-Cultural Communication, Cultural Intelligence, Cultural Wisdom, Foreign manager, International Business Practices, International business travel, International Marketing, International Sales, Managing People, Spain, Time Management | 1 Comment

What Time is It, Anyway?

Posted on 24 October, 2011 by

Most of us know that the world is divided into 24 time zones (spaced roughly 15º of longitude apart). Otherwise noon in many parts of the world would look like midnight. (By the old Soviet Union rules, by the way, … Continue reading →

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