John Astor Astor ICS

Communicating to Bridge Business Cultural Differences

As the world shrinks and we work closer and closer together, accepting and understanding each other becomes more essential every day. It also becomes more perilous for business people to make costly mistakes that can ruin a relationship and can be avoided... Read >

How to Build Strategic International Relationships

Just learning how to shake hands doesn’t make you culturally aware. A few learned copy-cat mannerisms and a couple opening lines will not put the global executive into the good graces of their regional leaders. It used to be fine, considering the small am... Read >

The Foreign Executive’s First Step: Assessment

Imagine your first day at the office in a new host country; meeting staff, understanding conditions and settling in. You are a foreigner in an existing situation that you were chosen for. That’s why you’re there. This is one of many possibilities that an... Read >