Persuasion


Objectivity

Americans link message and messenger. The message, its form, and most importantly its presenter create a unity. In the U.S. business context the presenter takes center stage. Americans believe that “you sell yourself first, then your product or service.”

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Competence

Americans strive to see problems as opportunities. And opportunities are to be exploited. Competent in the U.S. business context is that person able to recognize opportunities in difficult situations and to maximize on the gains they offer.

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Systematics

Americans are particularistic in their thinking. They prefer to break down complexity into its component parts, in order to focus on the essential parts. Americans are skeptical of theory. Facts and experience are far more persuasive.

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Reality

For Americans to be realistic means understanding what is possible. The possible is determined not only by present circumstances, but also by the ability to shape a new future. Americans expect a clear explanation of how to move forward from the present.

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Persuasive

In the U.S. business world to persuade means to sell persuasively. Persuasive argumentation leads the audience to a choice. The audience is then asked to make a decision. The American presenter is expected to state the so-called closing question.

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