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12 Quick Cross-Cultural Tips For Today’s Global Executives

Are you a competent executive, but don’t know anything about proper cultural practices, customs, and protocols in other countries? Knowing the right cultural cues and practices is very valuable to create sustainable and profitable relationships when doing international business.

Here are 12 quick tips to increase your awareness and increase your success: –

1) In the East Asian boardroom, which involves new business acquaintances, many executives will arrange the business cards of the participants by the way they sit at the table, so they can be sure to know the right name, title and place it right in the company hierarchy.

2) If you do business in East Asia, be prepared to bring lots of business cards. You will use more than in North America during conferences or similar meetings. Understand the protocol for giving, receiving, handling and storing business cards. Never write on a business card. Store in a … READ MORE ...

Jonathan Tucker by — January 29, 2020 in Online Services
3 Reasons International Business Travelers Need a Roaming SIM Card

The 2010 global financial crisis has diminished and businesses are roaming abroad again. Instead of sending emails and relying on responses, they instead head to face-to-face meetings just to make sure everything is okay. However, these travelers are now far more cost-conscious. Exorbitant bills with roaming fees are no longer acceptable to the company. Those who regularly travel for business needs need a roaming SIM card and the purpose of this article is to explain the reason.

In most countries, you will not pay to receive calls –

Using a landline means you pay exorbitant roaming rates for outgoing calls but you also end up spending a lot of money to receive calls. If you get a roaming SIM card, you can cut this bill by up to 70% or more because you won’t pay to receive calls. Even countries where you have to pay to receive calls will incur … READ MORE ...

Jonathan Tucker by — January 24, 2020 in Travel Advisor