Korean Business Etiquette
The Importance of Choosing the Right Executives to Send to Korea
Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!So, 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 […]
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 […]
How Choosing the Wrong Visual Aid Can Ruin Your Presentation to Koreans
Tuesday, July 24th, 2007Now we know about the truth about telling jokes. Similar to this story, there was a fairly big mistake made by this same speaker. All too innocent on his end, but the damage was quite big. When it was done, it was too late to correct the course of the action, and he personally offended […]
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 […]
