Geoff Weinstein blogs at GeoffWeinstein.

Daniel Goleman explains.

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Sally Herships (photo, left) explains.

"In his fourth book, "American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures in North America," award-winning author Colin Woodard [photo, left] identifies 11 distinct cultures that have historically divided the US.

"No one wants to be that offensive, insensitive tourist," declares Sarah Schmalbruch (photo, left).

"Japan is known for its complex rules for social behavior.

"We all know we can learn more from our missteps than our successes — even though no one likes to admit when they’ve gotten something wrong," offers Eric A.

"Michael has been in Frankfurt for about a week and is really missing his home office in Chicago.

"In Brazil and the United States, a firm handshake is expected.

"When Aaron arrived in Moscow to take charge of the manufacturing plant his Israeli-owned company had just purchased, he expected to settle in quickly," reports Erin Meyer (photo, left) in a piece at BusinessInsider.

Gus Labin reports.

"As mobile work styles become increasingly popular, odds are you’re going to wind up hosting a video conference or webinar sometime in the near future.

Sherwood Fleming has "identified seven communication habits of highly effective intercultural communicators .

"My clients often tell me that one of the difficulties they encounter when conducting business internationally is that they don’t know how to quickly build trust.

Dianne Hofner Saphiere covers a study by Dr.

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