global business

20/05/2015

How linguistic abilities and training in practical skills leads to international business success

Sonia Mancuso Root, CITP®|FIBP®, is Vice President of Business Development at Agrisource Food Products Inc., a world-class broker and distributor, where she helps companies manage their offshore arrangements and keep their supply chains running smoothly.
She has over twenty-five years of experience in international business and has been a CITP®|FIBP® since 2009. She credits the practical skills gained through her education and her linguistic abilities with her success in the industry.

12/05/2015

3 ways you can overcome the challenges of international trade training across diverse cultures

In March, FITT hosted an intensive training course for locally engaged Trade Commissioners (DFATD) from all around the world.
In the two separate training groups there were over 30 nationalities present, creating a unique challenge to instructors Ennio Vita-Finzi, CITP®|FIBP® and Ray Joyce, CITP®|FIBP®. How does one maintain consistency in training while getting the message across to such a diverse group of people?

06/05/2015

Jason Bernard, CITP|FIBP – International Trade Professional

Jason Bernard, CITP®|FIBP®, is a recent International Business graduate with experience as an international trade professional, working in retail, logistics, travel and tourism, and economic and business development. Through his travel experiences, Jason has developed a passion for working with people from all over the world, and helping to facilitate international trade in developing countries.

05/05/2015

The art of international business travel according to a travel-a-holic

The journey, for me, is a major part of the experience of international business, and of any form of business travel: it is about much more than efficient and predictable displacement from “Point A” to “Point B”, and it provides countless opportunities for the exercise of civility, personal discipline and enrichment.

14/04/2015

Master your inner chameleon and excel in exports

Today, the secret to excel in exports is to learn how to interact and be accepted by people who are not like us, who speak a different language, who think, act, feel and react differently to what we are used to. To do so, we need to learn from chameleons—a type of lizard that is distinguished by its ability to change skin color to match its surroundings.

17/10/2014

5 crucial tips to help you communicate better in global markets

Native English speakers, however, do not need to learn a new dialect of English as a second language in order to successfully communicate better in global markets and with people speaking English as a second language. That is, if you can follow these rules: