When Traditional Communication Strategies Aren’t Enough: Part 2

Commonalities of People with Different Language Backgrounds 3 COMMONALITIES when English is spoken between people of different language backgrounds are: We all want communication to be easy. We can make it easy with some mindful auditory and visual listening strategies. Our bodies don’t usually lie when we don’t understand something. Facial expressions and body language give clues of how effectively we are communicating. We take what’s unfamiliar and make it familiar to match what we already know. Making Accented Communication […]

Guidelines For a Single Man on Foreign Assignments

There are many advantages of traveling around the world and working in exotic locales on foreign assignments. But it has its disadvantages, too. A single man’s foreign assignments can get lonely, the food isn’t always so healthy, there’s often the threat of danger, and he can expect to work long hours. Here are some guidelines for a single man such as an engineer or computer professional working on foreign assignments, realizing that assignments vary greatly from the hours worked to […]