"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.

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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.

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The Lewis Model of Culture is an intriguing way of recognizing different approaches to business.

Drew Hendricks (photo, left) writes, "As communication technologies become steadily more comprehensive and intuitive, companies looking to expand globally in 2014 will have fewer logistical problems reaching out to other nations.

The Lewis Model of Culture is an intriguing way of recognizing different approaches to business.

Blog On Linguistics discusses the topic.

"Time is seen in a particularly different light by Eastern and Western cultures, and even within these groupings assumes quite dissimilar aspects from country to country," writes Richard Lewis (photo, left).

Sherwood Fleming talks about "intercultural blind spots.

"The Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw once wrote, “The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.

Sherwood Fleming covers Microsoft's Skype Translator.

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