4 typical intercultural management mistakes.

At the beginning, in a business relationship which are different cultures, the first failure is trying to impose its own working style to another. That means, if my leadership style is to make quick decisions without involving everyone to compete, I will expect that the another person will do the same thing understanding and accepting what I do.

The next mistake will think that if there are other methods of leadership, certainly the one I have is the best. This creates longer a barrier to reconciliation and understanding between people in companies.

The third mistake is to generalize cultures because one has known or worked with a person of that country or because we have heard about it. You need to separate the person as an individual of the culture's country.

The fourth mistake is just having a list of what not to do or do with the other culture's people. Eg. If they are English, you should not be late.

A good training of intercultural stereotypes prevent forcing those involved to engage in understanding and not in imposing ideas on others.

Paula Figueiredo

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