Project managers frequently communicate informally and perhaps very rapidly with team members in their own language in the home country. The day-to-day informal conversation back and forth between team members can lead to extensive use of informal and idiomatic expressions. This poses no problem between members of the same culture; however, when crossing cultures and communicating to non-native English speakers, the rapid use of informal conversational and idiomatic expressions could be a subject of much confusion. As an example, consider typical English expressions such as “hurry up,” “calm down,” “down in the dumps,” “hands down,” “keep your chin up,” or “catch up.” A native English speaker will immediately understand ...
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