LEADING IN A MULTICULTURAL WORLD – II

The 5 More Common Mistakes: Misinterpret Others

In the multicultural and globalized world in which we live, understanding others is the difference between having –or not having better clients, teams, and organizations. The tendency of the global leader towards diversity is one of the advantages that allow him to easily understand others.

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Let’s see why to Understand other people in a globalized world can mean the success or failure of your career or the project you want to achieve and 4 easy steps that can help you to successfully understand others.

LEADING IN A MULTICULTURAL WORLD – I

The 5 More Common Mistakes

More than 3.5 billion people, who make up about half of the planet’s population, are connected through social networks. These are figures that we can’t ignore since much of what happens around us today is being influenced by these numbers.

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If your personal and professional abilities, your experience and your perspective are not based on a global and multicultural mentality, you are losing all the opportunities that globalization offers you. One of these opportunities is to expand your cultural understanding, but perhaps the most critical is to avoid misunderstandings in multicultural teams.
So let’s see how the lack of cultural understanding and global mentality leads to a cultural shock and misunderstandings in multicultural environments, and how we can avoid them.

A GLOBAL LEADER FACING CULTURAL DIFFERENCES – V

The Global Leader Understands The Importance Of Flexibility

Globalization is a great opportunity to extend new frontiers, both personally and professionally. Yet, it’s a challenge for the global leader who is facing cultural differences and who seeks better results not only personally but organizationally as well.

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Is flexibility part of your professional and organizational culture?

A GLOBAL LEADER FACING CULTURAL DIFFERENCES – II

A Global Leader Develops The Ability To Understand Others

In the multicultural and globalized world in which we live, understanding others is the difference between having –or not having better clients, teams, and organizations.

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The global leader’s inclination toward diversity is one of the advantages that allows him/her to easily understand others.

What does it mean to understand others in a globalized world?

A GLOBAL LEADER FACING CULTURAL DIFFERENCES – I

A global leader avoids drawing conclusions hastily

Drawing precipitated conclusions in the area of communication during multicultural interactions can cause, among others, misunderstandings and low productivity.

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Have you noticed how in team conversations, some interrupt others and even raise their voices while someone else is speaking?. For some, this behavior reveals anxiety, lack of respect, or lack of interest towards the person who is talking. For others, this is common and is a sign of active participation in a conversation, it shows interest, and it is a way to create a good group atmosphere where people are having a good time.

Have you noticed the different forms of conversations within groups?