Emotionally Intelligent Cross-Cultural Communication

Emotionally Intelligent Cross-Cultural Communication
One of the key takeaways from the podcast on “Emotionally Intelligent Cross-Cultural Communication” is that empathy, vulnerability, and emotional intelligence are critical to cultural mobility. Doni Aldine, a cross-cultural communication expert, argues that the ability to manage one’s feelings and react appropriately to events is necessary when moving across different cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds as well as when interacting with a wide range of people (Player FM, 2021). Emotionally intelligent cross-cultural communication hinges on the understanding that people of different cultures will respond differently in similar situations and therefore extending the benefit of the doubt to anyone of another culture or background is key to in-depth communication. Consequently, patience, empathy, and vulnerability are necessary when trying to understand the behavioral propensities and value alignments of people with dissimilar from us. One cannot rely solely on their knowledge and skills of ...