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Vodcast #38 – The Perception of Accents by Goodie Okechukwu
Vodcast #38 – The Perception of Accents by Goodie Okechukwu 480 480 Margot

“Ants don’t sleep.” 🔎 A psycholinguist Shiri Lev-Ari had both native and non-native speakers record this simple statement and then played the recordings back to native speakers only, who in…

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Highlight 1 from TCP Live#2
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What’s the first thing that comes to your mind when someone talks about localising a global brand? Companies which have been successful in the complex undertaking will immediately understand that…

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Vodcast #37 – East Meets West: The Concept of Trust by Eric Tan
Vodcast #37 – East Meets West: The Concept of Trust by Eric Tan 480 480 Margot

Are some #cultures less trusting than others? Perhaps the most important characteristic of a high-functioning team is #trust. Team members must be able to trust each other in order for…

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Vodcast #36 – Global Mindset: Wisdom for a Globalised World by Lashley Pulsipher
Vodcast #36 – Global Mindset: Wisdom for a Globalised World by Lashley Pulsipher 480 480 Margot

A Global Mindset in Business Is the Difference Between Success & Failure. 72% of international Chinese companies surveyed believe the biggest difficulties that arise in conducting business overseas stem from…

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Vodcast#35 Human Edge: Champion of Wellbeing by Dr. Marcus Ranney
Vodcast#35 Human Edge: Champion of Wellbeing by Dr. Marcus Ranney 480 480 Margot

We live in the #VUCA time – very volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous times. These times are having a profound effect upon the wellbeing of employees across all sectors and…

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Cultural Stereotypes in Workplace: Be Self Aware and Don’t Judge (LIVE #001 Highlights)
Cultural Stereotypes in Workplace: Be Self Aware and Don’t Judge (LIVE #001 Highlights) 480 480 Margot

Most people think cultural awareness is about learning about other people and how they do and don’t do things. This is a common misconception. Although this is certainly part of…

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Vodcast # 34 – Communicate to Bridge by Tomas Kucera
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People get caught in the trap of thinking that there is one right way to do things and everything else is wrong. Closed-mindedness is a barrier to #crosscultural communication unlike…

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#LIVE 001 – Cultural Stereotypes: Language & Accent by Christian Barmen, John Ho & Margot Ling
#LIVE 001 – Cultural Stereotypes: Language & Accent by Christian Barmen, John Ho & Margot Ling 480 480 Margot

Our TCP debut #LIVE was successfully held in late Feb. Here’s one of the takeaways – when having a conversation with people from multicultural backgrounds, using their second language to…

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Vodcast # 33 – Unconscious Bias by Sunaina Vij
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We often have some mental pictures 🗺️when hearing different words. Sunaina shared all of us have unconscious bias, expecially in working with our colleagues or hiring🤝 someone. The first step…

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Vodcast # 32 – Presence in a Multicultural Virtual Meeting by Margot Ling
Vodcast # 32 – Presence in a Multicultural Virtual Meeting by Margot Ling 480 480 Margot

Are you now used to virtual meetings👩🏻‍💼👨🏼‍💻? Could it be challenging to fully establish our executive presence in a short 15 mins meeting, especially in a multicultural setting? @Margot is…

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