PUBPOL 5659

Cross-Cultural Communication for Executives

Cornell University · UGRD · Fall 2026

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When you're at work, you probably interact with employees, clients, and leaders from different backgrounds and cultures. Your Social Style? plays a role in how you communicate and behave in the workplace and how others, in turn, interact with you. This course will prepare you to communicate effectively, efficiently, and empathetically with people of different cultural backgrounds no matter your Social Style?.In this course, you will examine the four Social Styles? so you can communicate appropriately and effectively in a cross-cultural environment. You will practice becoming more aware of how your Social Style? is interpreted by others and how that impacts your interactions with others at work. You will also develop strategies for overcoming blind spots in order to mitigate the risk of ineffective communication in cross-cultural settings. Finally, you will discover the ways you can adapt your Social Style? for effective communication without compromising your core values.

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