An Answer to the June 7, 2012 FT article," A Conversation that Translates"

Dear friends,

I write today, after a break writing webinars and other braodcast materials, to share an answer to an article in the FINANCIAL TIMES, June 7, 2012, p. 10, "A Conversation that translates".  This article directly talks about the concerns that we here at LiSimba Consulting Services, Inc., are excited about and passionate about resolving, namely cross-cultural concerns in our global working world.  The article opens with a lead statement: "For global companies, creating an approach to risk that resonates across cultures can be a challenge,...."  Yes indeed I agree fully.  Whenever we work to effectively communicate across national cultures, we must follow the BEST PRACTICES, as are discussed earlier in this blog.  These BEST PRACTICES were published by the American Bar Association in the Spring of 2009, in the Third Edition of THE ABA GUIDE TO INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS NEGOTIATIONS.  The chapter that I wrote in this book that head on addresses this FT article is, "Minimizing Risk:  Best Practices for Managing Cross-Cultural concerns in Global Contracing".   Of course risk is a powerful topic for those corporations and those individuals within those corporations doing business which involves working across national boundaries.  The article quotes a professor at INSEAD, a graduate business school in Europe, saying, "The perception of risk and uncertainty is very different across cultures,".  He has taken the words right out of my mouth.  There is no answer in this article to the concerrns raised. During the many webinars that I have  broadcast  since 2006, and before speaking publicly and with clients,  I have offered a functioning, effective answer on how to minimize the risk that exists when we work outside of our national culture.  I created the BEST PRACTICES, from my working experiences, research and edeucation,  to directly and effectively address a full answer to the concerns discussed in this FT article.  The BEST PRACTICES do translate into effective cross-cultural communication on a daily basis on global worksites.  For a more complete initial answer to the concerns raised in this FT article, tune into the CMIDaily.com series on cross-cultural conerns, with a beginning boradcast date of June 14, 2012, 10:00 am CDT. On the CMIDaily.com webiste, click on "Webinars" and scroll down to see the series of webinars I am offering, through a collaborative relationship with CMIDaily, with differing dates for each aspect of risk and cross-cultural concerns, to allow for ease of access.

I look forward to hearing from you during the broadcasts, or to hearing from you on this blog, or through my other e-mail address, jsmith@lisimba.com

Jane

Jane E. Smith
LiSimba Consulting Services, Inc.
  Empowering Cross-Cultural Relationships for
       International Business Success
www.lisimba.com
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