《商务英语综合教程》（中级）Unit 9Teamwork.ppt

This requires suspending judgment. For many global collaborators, moments of confusion and frustration are common, especially when both sides are operating under very different cultural expectations about work practices. Before you draw conclusions about others’ intentions or motivations, you need to gather more information about their behaviors, using the same tools (absorbing, asking, and relating) that helped you identify them in the first place. As your cross-cultural relationships evolve, accepting ambiguity will be equally important. You will need to let go of many assumptions from your