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10 Ways to Create an Ego-Friendly Workplace
My friend is the CEO of a major division of a huge Indian conglomerate. He oversees operations in multiple countries and manages a…
10 Ways to Get Rich Quick in Relational Capital
The ten most common ways for building relationships in India and invest in some Relational Capital
3 More Ways to Expand Your Comfort Zone
3 More scenarios for expanding your Communication Comfort Zone
34 Tips for Training in India
34 helpful tips to get the most out of your training in India. Ideal for training professionals conducting sessions in India.
4 Things Indians Learned in University that Might Drive you Crazy
4 things Indians learned at college that make managing young indians very difficult
Book Review: Doing Business in 21st Century India
Gunjan Bagla's book for the businessperson coming to do business in India.
Building Ownership in Indian Teams
Thoughts on when and why Indians take ownership over business activities
Do you hear what your Indian team is saying?
How to sharpen your skills as a listener in cultures that speak Indirectly like India.
Don’t waste your short-term trip to India!
About the time you start packing your bags for your trip to India, the question dawns on you. What am I doing? Maybe it’s clear for…
Episode 1: Andrew Mogendorff
A conversation with Andrew Mogendorff of Target about his 3 year assignment in India. Andrew talks about communication, leadership development, family life, and repatriation.
Episode 11: Patrick De Ridder
Talking with Patrick De Ridder of Knight Consulting about doing business in India
Episode 12: Carissa Hickling
A conversation with Carissa Hickling about living and working in India for more than 20 years
Episode 13: Craig Storti
A podcast with Craig Storti about the eras of working with India, from the 90s, to Y2K, to 2008, to 2015
Episode 3: Rohan and Shannon Prabhakar
A conversation with Rohan and Shannon Prabhakar, discussing managing in India, intercultural marriages, implementing processes, and personal assistants.
Episode 4: Arjun Buxi
A conversation with Arjun Buxi about Indian business and the necessity of understanding family dynamics in Hindu Undivided Families
Episode 5: Robert Stephens
Robert Stephens and I talk about the importance of good documentation in India, communication best practices, and how to recover from offending someone.
Episode 6: Jessica Kumar
A conversation with Jessica Kumar about the importance of language learning, finding your place in Indian society, and how not to give feedback
Episode 7: Gunjan Bagla, The India Expert
A conversation with the India Expert, Gunjan Bagla about best practices for working with India, how closely to follow politics, and how often to visit.
Episode 8: David Peace
A discussion with David Peace of Shanti Consulting on how to build relationships, when to adapt and tips for negotiating in India.
Getting a Straight Answer in India
Tips for getting a straight answer in India, including six ways to ask better questions in indirect communication contexts.
How to Develop Leaders in India
In the previous article, we discussed a different way to think about leadership development in India – specifically that a good leader…
How to Recover from Offending Someone in India
6 ideas on how to recover if you've offended someone in India
How to Ruin Your Relationships in India
10 of the best ways to completely ruin all of your business relationships in India.
Introducing Culturally Agile Discussion Guides
As a savvy cross-cultural worker, you already know the importance of learning about new cultures. You pick up a few books. You subscribe to some…
Is there a Good Side to Having a Parent Leader?
Five traits that the best users of the paternalistic leadership style use to motivate and show concern for their team members.
Is your communication understandable in India?
Four tips to be more understandable when communicating with India.
Should You Shake a Woman’s Hand in India?
A few rules for travelling business people and cross cultural managers for interacting with women and men in the business world.
Stop Using This Obsolete Excuse for Your Communication Breakdowns
3 scenarios to teach you to expand your comfort zone
The 80/20 Rule in India
Editor's Note: This is a guest post from Amar Vyas, the author of NRI: Now, Returned to India The Pareto Principle,…
The Dark Side of Parent Leadership
Exposing the disadvantages of those who are bad at paternalistic leadership
The Golden Rule for Choosing the Best Forms of Business Communication in India
The most important rule you can follow in choosing the right form of business communication.
The Most Important Quality When Working for a Parent Leader
Why availability in the Moment of Need is the most important quality
The True Secret to Motivating Indian Teams
Thoughts and tips for how to motivate Indian teams and get to know them on an individual level.
What Kind of Leader Are You Developing?
If you are a foreign worker in India, one of your primary responsibilities is likely leadership development. It could be identifying leaders at the…
When “10 minutes” doesn’t mean 10 minutes
A new way to look at expressions of time in India to relieve your own stress.
Why is it so important to have something today that you didn’t have yesterday?
There are times when someone says something so perfectly that you can’t get it out of your head. I was chatting over email with a…
Why you might be missing the story in Indian communication
How the order of your communication can impact how you are understood by others. Insights on cross cultural communication styles.
You need to start thinking about your Relational Capital
If you work here, you know that building relationships in India in India is extremely important. I call it building relational capital. Here's why.
Your Comfort Zone is Affecting Your Communication
What a Communication Comfort Zone is and how it affects your work