Global Business Linguistics

We enable you to build stronger relationships across cultures faster.

You already know the first step in business is building a good relationship.

But are you blind … to the linguistic problems you cause abroad?

If so, you are not alone.

We help you avoid creating obstacles through appearing to patronise your global partners.

Did you know Communication problems are multiplied

• When you do business across cultures
• Your international customers and partners often pretend they understand you.
• Your superior use of English comes across as arrogant and patronising. 

Using findings from the field of linguistics, we show you how to build better international business relationships faster and more effectively, showing you:

• The reasons you may cause problems unintentionally
• How to become the preferred international partner or boss
• How to get there faster and more easily.

How do we know?
Because we’ve learnt ourselves from many years doing international business:

• Making mistakes ourselves
• Studying languages and linguistics
• Through ‘secrets’ revealed to us by international clients over the last 40 years.

Why it matters

1. Because clarity is essential when travel takes twice as long
2. Because good relationships are vital when you don’t see each other frequently
3. Because making mistakes is costly
4. Making mistakes can cause people to feel embarrassed, lose face … and you lose the sale.

Interested? Contact us to discover more and how we can help you.

“We engaged OPC to run their “Successful Global Communication” seminar for our International Sales Teams. Even during the seminar itself we could see the benefit of Alison’s expertise, as a series of role plays demonstrated clear improvements in how the Sales Teams were communicating.

“Since the conclusion of the training I have personally observed clear evidence of the team’s ability to build more empathy with customers,and to more clearly articulate our proposition in an International environment where many of our customers do not have English as their first language. As a result we have significantly improved our ability to reach agreements and build our business.”

Trevor Bell, Non-Executive Director, Magmatic Ltd ‘Trunki’