by Paisley Communication | Apr 17, 2023 | English training, Intercultural Training, International teams, Team-building, Virtual work
3 Years of Culture Chat Three years ago, as for many people, my working life changed dramatically. With the onset of a worldwide pandemic, I found myself working alone online and nobody knew how long this would go on for. When I saw The Interchange Institute inviting...
by Paisley Communication | Aug 23, 2022 | Communication skills, Intercultural Training, Team-building, Values
Now you’ve cherry-picked the values, can you bake a cake with them? A while ago I asked my network on LinkedIn and Instagram to name some dimensions of their home cultures that they truly loved and valued. The scope of the sample was people who had worked across...
by Paisley Communication | Nov 30, 2020 | Intercultural Training
Repat Journey Interview Series Part 3 In my Repat Journey Interview Series I’ve been speaking to many people on their individual return journey to their homeland. My last two pieces looked at hard reverse culture shock, people who found (or are still finding) it...
by Paisley Communication | Jan 30, 2020 | Language
Typically, as my audience knows, I blog about all things cultural, relocation, repatriation, communication and language. On 31 January at 11pm GMT Britain will leave the EU. So just for a change, I’d like to take this opportunity to share a more personal view on the...
by Paisley Communication | Nov 19, 2018 | Intercultural Training
The art of painless relocation Although there is currently talk of a reduction in the number of international assignments available to employees, which means less relocation, there are still many reasons why people move to another country. It is often more effective...