[ID:8914] Culture is an exciting puzzle, just waiting to be solved.

When you have cross-cultural skills and awareness, you can make sense of your world, both at home and abroad. And research shows that building these skills has a big career payoff, whether you work in a diverse office in North America or immerse in a foreign workplace abroad. Developing cross-cultural skills and awareness takes planning and determination, but the process is also eye-opening and fun.

There are many routes to becoming cross-culturally competent, some simple and some more advanced. But, thankfully, there’s no wrong way to go about it! Every path is the right path!

Below, you’ll...