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Managing others
- Useful Terms for Performance Reviews
- 70-20-10 Model: Building Listening Skills
- Giving Negative Feedback
- The DESC Model – Giving Feedback
- Giving Feedback
- GPD/ Appraisals
- Employee Satisfaction
- Managing High Performers- the Miles Davis Approach
- Communicating Difficult Decisions
- Delegating
- Interviewing Candidates for a Job
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Presentations
- 3 Elements of a Great Presentation
- Giving a Workshop Tour
- Giving Presentations
- Rule of “Three” in Presentations
- Do’s and Don’ts of Presentations
- Softening Language During Presentations
- Storytelling in business presentations
- Creating Effective Presentation Slides
- Making good presentations great
- How to End a Presentation
- Body Language for Presentations
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Meetings and Negotiations
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International Business
Doing Business in Germany

What does it take to do business successfully in Germany? How do other cultures view German business perspective? It might be a good idea to find out a bit about the other person’s culture in order to achieve maximum success from your business interactions.
Listen to the following dialogue and answer the questions:
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Points to consider…
According to the dialogue:
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Punctuality is very important when doing business in Germany.
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Too much small talk is generally considered unproductive in German business.
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Business is often seen as more important than rapport in Germany.
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Germans are often very direct and this can be surprising to people from other cultures.
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Being too direct may cause people from other cultures to react negatively.
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Not listening to or acknowledging what others have to say and purely focusing on business might lead to missed opportunities.
For more information on doing business successfully in Germany, have a look at our blog post:
https://www.targettraining.eu/doing-business-successfully-in-germany-from-a-german-perspective/




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