International Business Travel – Dos and Don’ts
My first small business meeting within a country where English was not the native tongue was in Germany. I was terribly nervous. I didn’t know German, and nobody was with me that could speak it. I fell all over myself trying to make apologies for speaking in English and not knowing their language.
They brushed it off as no large deal. It turns out that English is widely accepted in Germany as the language of business and most Germans are taught it as a second language all through their early college years.
So started my journey into the new planet of international enterprise travel. I created many errors along the way, but eventually I was in a position to create these trips and hold organization meetings routinely with no all of the drama. I’ll spare you the learning curve and share these international company travel Dos and Don’ts … Read the rest ...
