Effective Communication in a Global Workforce
These days it seems the world is becoming more and more global and it is becoming more and more important to be able to communicate with people from other cultures. Being able to communicate with other team members in a company will benefit the employees as well as management. They will learn what is tolerated and accepted from different team members of those in different cultures. For instance, Americans and Northern Europeans are more timeline oriented, direct, and results-focused than say, Latin and other minority cultures. These people take a more relationship-based approach, according to Grace Kenig, career consultant counselor for laptop website. These people make excellent team members as they help encourage the greater good when it comes to important individual achievement. The most important communication skill when it comes to minorities in a professional relationship is trust.
They may take an indirect approach when it comes to problems in workplace relationships.
If they are paired with employees from other cultures who value directness, they may become frustrated. White people in America where management is concerned to prefer problems and issues to be brought to them directly. In the Western cultures, time is based on a linear or sequential, or a clock, to base their tasks on. But in other cultures, the clock is not so important when it comes to tasks at work.
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