Cultural Crossovers: Kiwis Abroad
NZ Management – October 09
BRIDGING CULTURAL GAPS New Zealanders do business across the ditch, around the globe, in fact, wherever they want to. A lot of coverage is given to working within our multicultural workforce at home, but what about offshore? Are your business negotiations being hampered by poor etiquette and assumptions? Pauline Herbst consults the experts.
Ask Michael Stedman, managing director of Natural History New Zealand (NHNZ), about dealing with one of the 160 countries his company works with and he stresses patience – at least six times. It’s not because he’s an impatient man. Shaun Conroy, New Zealand Trade and Enterprise’s (NZTE) regional director for North East Asia, also cautions that a three-year period from initial contact to deal is not uncommon in Japan. You might be thinking this is just an Asian trend. You’d be wrong.
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