A leader managing global teams asks how to avoid miscommunication. The advice: accept that misunderstandings will happen, then learn how each culture handles language, feedback, and deadlines differently. Meet teams where they are instead of forcing one way.
All right, my next one is leading global teams across so many cultures, any tips on not getting lost in translation?
First tip is to accept that you will get lost in translations many— in translation many times. So what helps? First of all, acceptance. Not only tolerance, but acceptance. That if we run global supply chain, the cultures will significantly differ. The sensitivity to language will significantly differ. The propensity for follow-up, the propensity for action, uh, the embedded principles of action and feedback will differ greatly. So the tip would be, first of all, don't hesitate to understand your teams deeply. Understand that whatever your aspiration is, both in terms of business outcome, but also in terms of ways of working that are comfortable to you, regardless of this, what the aspiration is, you have to meet your team where they are. And they will be all over the place, communicating very differently, acting very differently,
