Cultural and language knowledge in international business environment

When you interact with a person from a different culture, how do you ensure that communication is effective?

  1. don't know
  2. when you speak to a person, you have to carefully listen to them and be patient, observing how their body language works.
  3. the results of the communication show the effectiveness of the communication. if i achieve what i needed to reach, then the communication was effective.
  4. by listening to them and answering their questions.
  5. you must take time to understand what makes each person tick.