Have you ever dreaded a conversation at work, or one of a private nature? Perhaps it was about a job you wanted to be considered for, or a new project you really wanted to shift…
Posts Taggedculture
Assertiveness Skills for Global Careers
Asking for what we need and advocating for what we know or believe in can be challenging for many of us, especially if we are new in the office, just now embarking on our career…
Common Misunderstandings about doing Business with Americans – xportblog.com
As a Finn who has lived in the US for 17 years and who works with expats and global staff of multinational organizations, I help clients navigate the world of work and business across cultures….
Leaders will thrive by applying local understanding to global vision -My blog at tradeready.ca
I was recently invited to contribute an article on global leadership to Trade Ready, a Forum for International Trade Training in Canada – FTT.ca. “Operating a business in the global marketplace is comparable to swimming…
American Optimism, Finnish Sisu and Old Fashioned Grit
I grew up in a small town in western Finland. My family was a typical middle-class Finnish family, except that we come from the small Swedish-speaking minority. Both of my parents grew up on farms….
A Familiar but Foreign Game Decoded: My Search for Finnish Baseball or Pesäpallo
By Philip DiDio European vacations inspire dreams of cathedrals, museums, Mediterranean beaches, speedy train rides arriving on schedules defined by 24 hour clocks. It’s the Europe of the Mission Impossible and Bourne movie cycles. My…