Any relationship is shaped by a first meeting. To prepare those encounters, USIP trainer and cross-cultural expert Stephen Moles suggests we go beyond what’s in the rule books. Stephen suggests an approach for this work that he’s built from experience in more than 65 countries.
Learn more and read the transcript: https://www.usip.org/publications/2021/02/practitioners-discovery-cultural-respect-not-enough
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