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Who Needs to Answer Your Question?

Posted on September 12, 2018 by Theresa Sigillito Hollema

How would you feel and what would you do? You send an email to a colleague asking for her opinion. You think it is a quick question deserving a quick response. You know she is available to read the email as you see she is present on chat. She even sends an email reply –

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Don’t you trust me?

Posted on September 12, 2018 by Theresa Sigillito Hollema

How would you feel and what would you do? You are the leader of a virtual team with team members located in 5 different countries. During the past weeks, you and the team have been working on the project plan, and today the tasks were assigned and agreed. The team members seemed ok with the

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Lesssons From a Global Language

Posted on March 28, 2018 by Nita Korsten

How Rakuten turned into a Global Giant – Language and Culture Lessons for Companies with a Common Business Language For years I have been intrigued by how language and culture influence each other. I often address this relationship with international teams, many of which strongly relate to this subject, particularly if their members are multilingual.

Posted in Corporate Culture, Working Across Cultures

Global Nomads – What Their Diverse Identity adds to Your Team

Posted on November 27, 2017 by Nita Korsten

While I write this blog, the tunes of the song Motherland from Nathalie Merchant sound in my headphones. It reminds me of the conversation I recently facilitated with a group of amazing women from eleven different nations from the MENA (Middle East, North Africa) region. It led me to think about identity and how I

Posted in Leadership Development, Working Across Cultures

English as a Global Language – 7 Struggles and Solutions

Posted on June 12, 2017 by Nita Korsten

By: Nita Korsten and Kathy Czako Once upon a time… Mrs. Snow, the CEO of an international company, led her quarterly sales meeting on the 46th floor of a giant glass and concrete skyscraper in a country far, far away. Her seven devoted staff members surrounded Mrs. Snow. They had gathered from various countries from

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