Women Mean Business International Forum of Women Business Owners
Sponsored By Dell Technologies

Navigating Business Across Cultures
Thursday, November 14 at 10 a.m. PT/12 p.m. CT/1 p.m. ET

With the world of business being so interconnected, expanding across markets in different countries and cultures can bring exciting opportunities as well as unique challenges, especially when it comes to navigating cultural differences. Hear from experts in working across cultures, who will offer practical strategies and tools to equip you to build and sustain successful cross-cultural relationships.

Key Takeaways:

• Adapting communication and leadership styles
• Fostering trust to build meaningful connections
• Marketing your brand across cultures
• Avoiding pitfalls in negotiations and operations

Featured Speakers:

Samara Hakim, JD, president and founder of CulturGrit, LLC (Moderator)
Samara is president and founder of CulturGrit. She is an international culture and inclusion thought leader, data strategist, keynote speaker, writer and facilitator. For over a decade, Samara has equipped leaders with the mindset and skills to work with those who are different than them, by mitigating bias and integrating culture into business practices and metrics.   

Connie Gonzalez, deputy director for the Center for Women’s Economic Empowerment at the Center for International Private Enterprise (Panelist)
Connie is deputy director for the Center for Women’s Economic Empowerment at the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE). She manages funding from the National Endowment for Democracy, projects funded by the U.S. Government and other donor programs supporting women leaders globally. Prior to CIPE, she was a senior strategic advisor at the U.S. Agency for International Development in El Salvador.

Irina Yashkova, certified Lewis Communications trainer and Cross-Culture licensed partner (Panelist)
Irina is an experienced consultant with over 20 years of experience in cross-cultural management and intercultural communication, is a certified Lewis Communications trainer and Cross-Culture Licensed Partner and a freelance conference interpreter. Her training services and executive coaching focus on cross-cultural integration, diverse teams and effective leadership, expatriate adjustment and intercultural communication.

Chandler Martin, founder of The Impact Canopy (Panelist)
Chandler is an entrepreneur, a go-to-market consultant and a lecturer. She teaches marketing and strategy in various startup and innovation support programs across Europe and has taught as a professor of marketing at the University of San Diego (California) and at Unknown University of Applied Sciences (Amsterdam). Currently, she heads up The Impact Canopy, a go-to-market advisory. She began her career in international affairs, focusing on entrepreneurship, sustainable development and financial inclusion in Latin America.

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