The Worlds Best and Worst Travellers

According to an article on Yahoo! News today, here are some best and worst traveller rankings: French are the worst, Japanese are the best. To learn more about this, plus Americans, Canadians, Spaniards and Greeks, please click the above title to this post or click here: http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/090710/oddities/lifestyle_tourism_travel_france_offbeat What do you think about these results? For […]

In Japan

Hello everyone, I will be here in Japan until July 9th. Some work, some relaxation. I am in Tokyo and Yokohama right now and soon I will visit Shizuoka and then Kyoto. I will put together a post/newsletter soon about communication issues here in J-town. For now, sorry that I have not posted for a […]

Leaving Moscow – Thoughts On Doing International Business

Today was my last day of training the fine folks at WorldMark Corporation/Oil Technology Overseas here in Moscow, Russia. Although this was not my first international training mission, it is certainly one of my fondest. The reason is that in a relatively short time (6 weeks) I have acclimatized myself quickly to a new culture, […]

Build Relationships Even When Travelling

Greetings from Moscow, Russia again! As most of you know I teach relationship-building techniques, the art of small talk and the secrets of winning first impressions. These interpersonal communication skills are vital in life. I also teach networking skills, as these soft-skills are imperative in building business and commerce relationships. How many successful sales people […]