University Connections will help your organization develop skills and an understanding of cultural differences so that your company can compete effectively in the global marketplace

Offering the highest quality training, consulting,
coaching, and editing services tailored to your company

Cross-Cultural Communication

Today's companies must to be able to communicate effectively across cultures to prosper and succeed. University Connections will help your organization develop skills and an understanding of cultural differences so that your company can compete effectively in the global marketplace. In addition, we can work with your employees new to the U.S. culture to help them understand the expectations of working in the U.S. and help them adjust more quickly to some of differences they will encounter between their home cultures and the U.S.

To learn more about the courses, coaching, and consulting we can provide your organization in cross-cultural communication, please click on the links below:

Communicating Effectively Across Cultures
Learning to Function Successfully in the U.S. Culture

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Communicating Effectively Across Cultures

global cultural differences, cross-cultural communications, cross-cultural negotiations, communicating effectively across cultures, learning to fuction successfully in the U.S. Culture, Effective Negotiations, Women and Negotiations, corporate presentation training, business writing training, corporate written communication training, corporate team building workshops, leadership building, meeting management training, leadership and interpersonal skills enhancement, cross- cultural communication expertise, sales and marketing training, internal and external relationship development, article and document editing, Corporate business plans, communication strategies and skills, sales and marketing consultations, strong leadership skill development
This course is designed to help attendees develop an understanding of the major differences in core values and preferences between U.S. culture and non-U.S. cultures, and to know how to handle different communication situations.



This course includes the following:

•  It’s not personal, it’s just culture!

•  U.S. values and cultural preferences: Our default mode

•  Values and preferences of the destination country

•  General communication preferences
      - Direct or indirect, explicit or implicit, high or low context
      - The secret language of time

•  Business Communications
      - Attitude toward authority and workplace organization
      - Work/life balance
      - Negotiating styles

•  Long and short term thinking

•  Tolerance for risk and change

•  The meaning of contracts
      - Communicating in social situations and after work hours
      - Gender differences
      - Preferences in written communications


Additional Cross-Cultural Communication courses:
Learning to Function Successfully in the U.S. Culture