Preparing thais to take on a role as expats

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Preparing thais to take on a role as expats

Published: 11 Mar 2013 at 00.00
Newspaper section: Business

'Coach, my group of companies is expanding to several locations in Southeast Asia," Thanong tells me. "I have to prepare my Thai team to be good expats when they arrive in other countries. I'd like to brainstorm some ideas with you."

"Khun Thanong, what do you have in mind?"

"Most of my team are being posted abroad for the first time. They may not be sensitive to local cultures. From your experience in cross-cultural coaching, what are some of the common pitfalls?"

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"I've heard of several cases in which Thai executives were assigned to lead offices in other Southeast Asian countries, and those who thought that we were better than our hosts failed _ just the same as some foreigners have failed with Thais."

This is very true, Thai people can be very xenophobic to the point of looking down on others...ask a Thai what they think of a Lao, Filipino, Cambodian person and you can bet it won't be flattering.
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