Whether flying into Brazil on business or connecting digitally, the single most important thing you need to know is:
Brazilians negotiate and make business with people, not companies. Brazilians would also do almost anything for close friends. They even have a saying for that: “For friends – everything. For enemies – the law.”
The average B2B customer has completed more than one-half of the purchase decision-making progress PRIOR to engaging a sales person directly, and at the upper limit this can be as high as 70%. The modern buyer starts with their own online research as a jumping off point for the exploration and discovery process. Difficult to read body language if you are not in front of your buyer!
Behind every great leader is a great personal assistant. Technologies such as e-mail, voice mail, mobile devices, and online calendars have allowed managers at all levels to operate with a greater degree of self-sufficiency. Combine this with a need for cost efficiency and lower headcount, and it becomes more difficult to justify a personal assistant.
Online learning courses are not new to the internet. In fact, businesses and marketing experts will tell you that the most successful sites on the internet are those that offer training and learning.
How personal development courses can help you to get the job you always wanted:
Ethics are involved in many of our professional decisions everyday and they affect us as individuals and also those around us. In some of the toughest moments, it can be hard to maintain your integrity. The Oxford English Dictionary defines ethics as: “The moral principles governing or influencing conduct.” When we are dishonest, not only do we lose the trust of others, but we also undermine our...
The Importance of Learning Another Language Learning a new language has a great many advantages. Apart from the requirement from some institutions to learn a foreign language, many individuals are pursuing second and even third language options for a number of reasons. There is a great deal of self-fulfillment and accomplishment in discovering and mastering another language through an online...
According to the recent Engagement and the Global Workplace by Steelcase Inc., one-third of workers in 17 of the world’s most important economies are disengaged.
Find out the difference between the Nanolearning and Microlearning, and why both make absolute sense when it comes to learning a language, with all of its grammar, vocab, idioms and odd little rules.
Essential business etiquette and cultural intelligence of the Land of the Rising Sun, Japan. Customer service in Japan is a highly developed art form, and it is not surprising to know that a same level of service would be expected whilst abroad. Bring on Japanese “Omotenashi” (Service – Japanese-style!). “Omotenashi” means “to welcome guests wholeheartedly.” It comes from the...