Americans at Work: A Guide to the Can-Do People
Whether you work with Americans face-to-face, communicate with them by
telephone or e-mail, or interact together in a virtual team,
Americans
at Work reveals the subtle and the not-so-subtle aspects of American
culture in the workplace. Learn about straight talk, American style,
and how Americans aren’t always as direct as they say they are. Find
out why Americans are deeply conflicted about power: they crave it but
hate to be caught craving it. See how Americans view outsiders. Gain
tips for succeeding in the American work environment. Finally, get the
basics of work-related etiquette: conducting meetings, giving feedback,
nonverbal communication, e-mail rules, gifts, taboo topics and so on.
About the Author
Craig Storti is founder and director of
Communicating Across Cultures, a Washington DC-based intercultural
communication training and consulting firm. A former Peace Corps
volunteer, he has written many best-selling books on the cross-cultural
experience, including The Art of Crossing Cultures and Figuring
Foreigners Out.
Writers, doctors, artists, educators, politicians, sports figures, inventors and many more can be found in this interesting coloring book. Under each sketch is a paragraph telling about the individual.
Carefully researched, finely rendered collection of ready-to-color illustrations pays tribute to 45 remarkable African Americans — among them Frederick Douglass, Thurgood Marshall, Marian Anderson, Martin Luther King, Jr., Mother Hale, Althea Gibson, Duke Ellington, Ralph Ellison, Katherine Dunham, and many others. Captions describe accomplishments.
Great African Americans Coloring Book
