“I like my German colleagues. They are intelligent, focused, hard-working. But sometimes they can really get in your face. I experience, and observe, that they give other colleagues advice, whether it was asked for or not. I find this rather annoying, at times even arrogant. Why do they do that? I wish they would cease and desist.”
Come and go
“Whereas most American colleagues participate for the full duration of a meeting, other American colleagues come and go. Why?”
Get in your face
“I like my German colleagues. They are intelligent, focused, hard-working. But sometimes they can really get in your face. I experience, and observe, that they give other colleagues advice, whether it was asked for or not. I find this rather annoying, at times even arrogant. Why do they do that?”
Too blunt
“We Germans are known for being forceful, yet respectful. And we want the same from others. But we know that we are often too direct with Americans. So, when is our German directness too blunt? How do we know what degree of directness is simply too much?”
Why so many meetings?
“Why do our American colleagues have so many meetings? It can appear to us Germans that they don’t get any work done.”
Why so many emails?
“Why do our US-colleagues send so many emails?”
