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DESCRIPTION:Join us for this engaging fireside chat in partnership with&nbs
 p\;Ivy Exec\,&nbsp\;led by Tina Girndt-Clougherty\, Visiting Assistant Pro
 fessor in the Department of Business Administration within the Gies Colleg
 e of Business\, Mohamed Zaher\, Senior Manager of Product Development in t
 he Automotive Industry\, and Iveren Ityoikaa\, African Diaspora Partnershi
 ps Manager for Ashoka\, as we will explore key differences in verbal and n
 onverbal communication across cultures\, including the role of pauses and 
 silence\, explicit versus implicit messaging\, and direct versus indirect 
 feedback styles.We’ll delve into how these differences can lead to cultura
 l misunderstandings and\, at times\, serious conflicts. Through entertaini
 ng examples from Germany\, Egypt\, Nigeria\, and the United States\, we’ll
  bring these concepts to life and provide practical insights for navigatin
 g cross-cultural communication challenges.Meet the Presenters:Tina Girndt-
 Clougherty\,&nbsp\;Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Busin
 ess Administration at Gies College of Business\, University of Illinois Ur
 bana-ChampaignMohamed Zaher\,&nbsp\;Senior Manager of Product Development 
 in the Automotive Industry at American Axle &amp\; ManufacturingIveren Ity
 oikaa\,&nbsp\;African Diaspora Partnerships Manager at Ashoka
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LOCATION:Virtual
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SUMMARY:Ivy Exec Partner Event: Lead Across Borders: Decode Cross-Cultural 
 Communication Challenges
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<div>Join us for this engaging fireside chat i
 <span>n partnership with&nbsp\;</span><a href="https://ivyexec.com/" title
 ="https://ivyexec.com/"><span>Ivy Exec</span></a><span>\,&nbsp\;</span>led
  by Tina Girndt-Clougherty\, Visiting Assistant Professor in the Departmen
 t of Business Administration within the Gies College of Business\, Mohamed
  Zaher\, Senior Manager of Product Development in the Automotive Industry\
 , and Iveren Ityoikaa\, African Diaspora Partnerships Manager for Ashoka\,
  as we will explore key differences in verbal and nonverbal communication 
 across cultures\, including the role of pauses and silence\, explicit vers
 us implicit messaging\, and direct versus indirect feedback styles.</div><
 div><br></div><div>We’ll delve into how these differences can lead to cult
 ural misunderstandings and\, at times\, serious conflicts. Through enterta
 ining examples from Germany\, Egypt\, Nigeria\, and the United States\, we
 ’ll bring these concepts to life and provide practical insights for naviga
 ting cross-cultural communication challenges.</div><div></div><div><br></d
 iv><div><p><strong>Meet the Presenters:</strong></p><p><strong></strong><s
 pan><a href="https://ivyexec.com/classes/lead-across-borders-decode-crossc
 ultural-communication-challenges" target="_blank">Tina Girndt-Clougherty</
 a></span><span style="background-color: rgba(0\, 0\, 0\, 0)\; color: inher
 it\; font-family: inherit\; font-size: inherit\; text-align: inherit\; tex
 t-transform: inherit\; word-spacing: normal\; caret-color: auto\; white-sp
 ace: inherit">\,&nbsp\;</span><em style="background-color: rgba(0\, 0\, 0\
 , 0)\; color: inherit\; font-family: inherit\; font-size: inherit\; text-a
 lign: inherit\; text-transform: inherit\; word-spacing: normal\; caret-col
 or: auto\; white-space: inherit">Visiting Assistant Professor in the Depar
 tment of Business Administration at Gies College of Business\, University 
 of Illinois Urbana-Champaign</em></p></div><p><span><a href="https://ivyex
 ec.com/classes/lead-across-borders-decode-crosscultural-communication-chal
 lenges" target="_blank">Mohamed Zaher</a>\,&nbsp\;</span><em>Senior Manage
 r of Product Development in the Automotive Industry at American Axle &amp\
 ; Manufacturing</em><br></p><p><span><a href="https://ivyexec.com/classes/
 lead-across-borders-decode-crosscultural-communication-challenges" target=
 "_blank">Iveren Ityoikaa</a>\,&nbsp\;</span><em>African Diaspora Partnersh
 ips Manager at Ashoka</em><br></p>
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