Roger E. Axtell
Autore di Gestures: The Do's and Taboos of Body Language Around the World
Sull'Autore
Roger E. Axtell is the best-selling author of Do's and Taboos Around the World, Gestures: The Do's and Taboos of Body Language Around the World, and Do's and Taboos of Humor Around the World: Stories and Tips from Business and Life. In these, and similar books, Axtell combines humorous anecdotes, mostra altro hypothetical situations, and important and useful information to entertain and educate businessman, teaching international business etiquette with an entertaining and masterful style. A former vice president of Worldwide Marketing for The Parker Pen Company, Axtell has spent more than 30 years traveling throughout the world. His firsthand knowledge of various cultures do's and taboos also makes him a frequent speaker and seminar leader. He lives in Wisconsin where he has served as a Special Assistant for Business in the governor's office. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
Opere di Roger E. Axtell
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Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Axtell, Roger E.
- Data di nascita
- 1931
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Attività lavorative
- speaker
seminar leader - Organizzazioni
- Parker Pen Company (retired Vice President of Worldwide Marketing)
- Breve biografia
- Roger E. Axtell is the author of best-selling books on behavior, protocol, and international business. He is a retired Vice President of Worldwide Marketing for the Parker Pen Company. The New Yorker Magazine to describe him as "an international Emily Post."
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Gestures: The DO's and TABOOs of Body Language… di Roger E. Axtell
Exploring the ins and outs of body language from head to toe, this newly revised and expanded edition of Roger Axtell's indispensable guide takes you all around the world of gestures-what they mean, how to use them, and when to avoid them. Selected Reading Questionnaire.
Information on the different ways misunderstandings can occur when interacting with different cultures, from hand gestures to speaking in English euphemisms to etiquette. Anecdotes help to keep things interesting in what would otherwise be a very dry book. It definitely brought to attention things I might not have thought of while traveling.
For example, the book says that the English language has thousands of euphemisms for going to the bathroom ("bathroom" being one of them), which can create confusion when your traveling. It suggests using "toilet" as the term of choice to avoid any confusion. Something I learned to be true, when I asked where the "restroom" was in Germany, only to be met with a blank stare.… (altro)
For example, the book says that the English language has thousands of euphemisms for going to the bathroom ("bathroom" being one of them), which can create confusion when your traveling. It suggests using "toilet" as the term of choice to avoid any confusion. Something I learned to be true, when I asked where the "restroom" was in Germany, only to be met with a blank stare.… (altro)
Interesting but hardly scintillating
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 14
- Utenti
- 687
- Popolarità
- #36,816
- Voto
- 3.4
- Recensioni
- 7
- ISBN
- 36
- Lingue
- 6