Managing a Multilingual Team—Spanish for Team Leaders
When the Inbox Turned Bilingual At five a.m. a subject line changed my life: “¡Felicitaciones! You now lead the LATAM remote squad.” In a heartbeat
June 9, 2025
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When the Inbox Turned Bilingual At five a.m. a subject line changed my life: “¡Felicitaciones! You now lead the LATAM remote squad.” In a heartbeat
The day the rooster met the unmuted mic At 7:58 a.m. I clicked “Join” for our Monday stand-up with colleagues spread from Santo Domingo to
Preamble: One Consultant, Three Worlds, Endless Terminology When I first landed in Santiago de los Caballeros, I thought the Spanish I’d mastered ordering chimis and
Coffee, Projectors, and the First Time My Slide Deck Spoke Spanish The first time I presented in Spanish, I stood before a dozen executives in
When I first started working in the Dominican Republic, I underestimated how important small talk was. Coming from a fast-paced U.S. workplace, I initially found
Buying a car in the Dominican Republic can be an adventure, especially if Spanish is not your first language. In this blog post, we’ll dive
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Why Dominican Spanish Feels Like a Different Language Spend one afternoon in a Santiago colmado and you’ll hear Spanish words clipped, stretched, or swapped like
The Pain That Launched a Thousand Phrases It started after a late‑night chimi burger near Puerto Plata’s Malecón. By sunrise my stomach twisted like a
Café, Receipts, and the Annual Panic Every March my favorite colmado in Santiago rolls out a cardboard sign: “Traiga sus facturas para la declaración”—Bring your