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Do the corporate values of your team or firm make as much sense now as they did before the pandemic?

Creative confinement: staying alive, sane, healthy, fit, productive and constructive while locked up for any reason.

Three common online negotiation situations where you are likely to fail for intercultural reasons.

Why, after a quarter century of involvement in China, do Western firms still get Chinese New Year Wrong? I see three principal reasons.

For an intercultural consultant, these two years have been like a goldmine full of carelessly placed dynamite.

What are the essential qualities for China CEOs according to author Dr Laurie Underwood, and why they will not be found in one person.

Respecting diverse opinions, temperaments and work styles is every professional team’s philosophy—until the first crisis comes along.

Anyone with a broadband access is a global problem-solver now. People support remote work, but connected meetings have built-in flaws.

There is no safe place to hide from culture, whatever the industry. Chinese investors approach financial risk differently from Swiss ones.

Global people skills aren’t optional any more—2019 made this message clear. Global business reached managers of tiny startups in Mumbai or m

Globalisation in business, management and leadership often disorient the very people who are supposed to provide orientation to others. Take

Most multinational executives I coach or train into newly assumed expat jobs nurture two different but related ambitions. First, they want t

By the time Dave took up his post as the Shanghai branch’s General Manager, he had done his homework on Confucian leadership. Nurturing ambi

This year more than last, a global marketplace of goods, services and ideas will give you a tough part in a drama taking place on a divided

“They are quite polite and indirect,” the new project manager describes her local colleagues. “When they communicate problems, you have to g

The non-extroverted majority of ambitious business leaders consider networking, similarly to public speaking, a dreadful and inevitable pros

How much responsibility do you take as an expat leader in Asia? The communal and hierarchical values that dominate the continent often cast

Personality defines your thoughts and actions. It is the key to your success, but also causes most of your frustrations. For example, observ

Most firms select expat leaders based on technical competency and willingness, with an often complete disregard for personality or cultural