168 Language and Culture; Heather Hansen

The Link Between Language and Culture with Heather Hansen About This Week's Guest Heather Hansen Heather Hansen on how to develop UNMUTED leaders and organizations. In this podcast, Language and Culture How CEOs and C Suite Leaders need to encourage cultures of open listening Accent bias – how accents impact hiring decisions, leadership progression, and bias in humans and AI How AI needs to explore diversity in speech data. Why communications is not a skills problem solved by more training but at the core of who we are and the company cultures we make. Cross-cultural Communication Linguistic Diversity and Inclusion Language and Virtual Communication Policy Global English Pronunciation and Intelligibility "People are biased by the accent you have." * Listen more; we put more focus on speaking. * Learning languages; it's the best way to understand how to communicate in diverse situations. * Be curious (Steve Jobs). Links mentioned in this episode are: * LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hansenheather/ * Company website: http://www.globalspeechacademy.com/ Want to avoid the most common mistakes when working internationally? Read this article. The link between language and culture on Culture Matters Want to learn English? Learn more here. Culture Matters The Culture Matters Podcast on International Business & Management Podcast Build your Cultural Competence, listen to interesting stories, learn about the cultural pitfalls and how to avoid them, and get the Global perspective here at the Culture Matters podcast on International Business. We help you understand Cultural Diversity better by interviewing real people with real experiences. Every episode there is an interview with a prominent guest, who will tell his or her story and share international experiences. Helping you develop your cultural competence. Welcome to this culture podcast and management podcast. To Subscribe to this Management Podcast, Click here. The Culture Matters Culture Podcast. Available on iTunes and Stitcher Radio Click here to get the podcast on Spotify