Do's and Don'ts of Doing Business and Training Worldwide

Wednesday, March 21, 2012 - by Fernando Sanchez-Arias

Learn 4 factors you need to know and use when you deal with learning partners and business clients, suppliers, or strategic allies in countries and cultures different than yours. If you are a business executive closing a deal in another country or with foreigners in your own country, a trainer or a coach dealing with a culturally diverse audience, or a Chief Learning Officer setting an educational branch in a new international market, you will find useful and practical ideas you can immediately use to be successful in your challenges as a world explorer.

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Authored By

  • Fernando Sanchez Arias
    Fernando Sanchez-Arias
    With 20 years of experience in learning and performance improvement, Sanchez-Arias has conducted keynote speeches, learning experiences, and coaching interactions in more than 70 countries. Since 1988 he has served multinational and large national companies, government units and universities in the fields of cross-cultural leadership, learning, change and innovation. Currently he serves as chief learning & human strategy officer of Grupo Lukiven (GL), a Venezuelan provider of products and services for the oil and gas industry, where he leads its corporate university (UCEN) and MEJORAR, an international research, learning and development center. He is currently part of the doctoral program on Work-based Learning Leadership at Wharton School and the Graduate School of Education (GSE) of the University of Pennsylvania. Sanchez-Arias was certified by the Cultural Intelligence Center as a CQ Certified Facilitator. He is an International Training Fellow No. 31 of the JCI University and a Graduate of the JCI Leadership Academy of Japan. Sanchez-Arias is a member of the board of the Venezuelan Human Talent Management Association (AVGH). He is fluent in English, Spanish and Portuguese.