Communication
The Importance of Choosing the Right Executives to Send to Korea
Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007So, what lesson did I learn a few years ago?
I talked about assigning the right type of personnel in a Korean operation. That’s right, the right type of person. We all know that to implement and carry out a certain effort, there must be a qualified person who is a perfect fit for such a [...]
Establish a Personal Relationship with Your Korean Business Partner
Tuesday, September 25th, 2007As I mentioned in my previous post, it is crucial for you to build a personal relationship with your Korean business partner. I say it as “personal relationship” although many other experts like to define it as “human relationship” or “interpersonal relationship”. Although I understand perfectly well why they would use the terminology [...]
Saved Time and Money by Establishing Good Rapport with Your Korean Business Partners
Thursday, September 13th, 2007I introduced Paul Young’s blog, “Product Beautiful” in my last post. In his recent posts, “The Challenges of Overseas Manufacturing Part I-III”, he covers challenges and other crucial factors that American companies may face and have to take into a consideration. The first of the three posts talks about communication issues. It [...]
Why You Should Never Write Names in Red When Dealing with Koreans Part 2
Friday, August 3rd, 2007Let’s talk more about red and its historical value in Korean society. There was once a syndrome spread throughout the nation. And that is called “red complex”. The red complex has been eased quite a lot, however generations who went through the Korean War still don’t view the color red kindly.
Korea underwent one of the [...]
Why You Should Never Write Names in Red When Dealing with Koreans Part 1
Tuesday, July 31st, 2007I was in a resell shop for baby clothes and toys on the weekend. My little girl will be 4 in August, and I realized that I was cluttering the house with her old clothes and toys. So, I decided to drop them off at the resell store where they also can donate to the [...]
The Pitfalls of Telling Jokes to Non-native English Speakers Part 2
Saturday, July 21st, 2007Did you finally find any humor in the story? No matter how hard you think about it, there was nothing funny about it, right?
Having a sense of humor is always a good thing. It certainly makes things easier and our world a better place, as everybody can laugh. It also means you can laugh with [...]
The Pitfalls of Telling Jokes to Non-native English Speakers Part 1
Wednesday, July 18th, 2007I talked about speaking simple phrases such as “thank you” and “nice to meet you” in Korean.
Today, I would like to talk about one common mistake being made in cross-cultural settings which I also witnessed at the conference and have witnessed numerous times in business meetings with American and Korean businessmen.
The key authority [...]
The Importance of Knowing Basic Korean Phrases When Dealing With Korean Business Partners
Sunday, July 15th, 2007Not too long ago, I was in an international conference held by a major charity organization for 1 week. Many officials from all over the world attended the conference with their own consultants and interpreters provided by the organization. As with any major international conferences, there were at least a minimum of ten different languages [...]
