Global Business Professor’s latest audio interview, “Intercultural Business Skills in Germany,” features Renate Reimann, senior consultant at Berlitz.
In the 12-minute audio interview, Reimann discusses and answers these questions:
- What are good ways to impress German business partners when meeting them for the first time in person?
- Most cultures have a fundamental basic rule of how to approach business. Do Germans have such a rule and what does it entail?
- Every culture has its own decision-making patterns. How do Germans usually proceed?
- Trust is a key ingredient for success. How do Germans like to build trust?
Reimann, Ph.D., is a German native who has lived in New York City for two decades. She specializes in working with individuals and companies on German-American cross-cultural awareness and communication, as well as adjustment to living in the United States and Germany.
Prior to establishing her consulting and coaching business in 2006, Renate was a college professor and marketing researcher. She has worked on projects for multinational and Fortune 500 companies such as Philips, Ciba Vision, KPMG, Dow Chemical, BBVA (Spanish Bank), Givaudan, Illy, Colgate, GlaxoSmithKline and LG. During her years in academia, she studied and taught cross-cultural differences between North American and European countries.
In addition to her Ph.D. in Sociology from The City University of New York, Renate holds an Master of Arts degree in sociology from the University of Hamburg, Germany, a Certificate in Personal and Life Coaching from New York University, and a Certificate in Women’s Studies from the Graduate Center of CUNY.
Reimann is an active member of the International Coach Federation, the American Sociological Association and Out Professionals.
