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With increasing remote and global workers, we must learn to communicate with our workers without assumptions or entitlement.

[This 3-Step Strategy](/article/432952)Will Help Your Company Give It to Them. We have built workshops around the book and are incorporating it into our [onboarding](https://www.entrepreneur.com/topic/onboarding) curriculum so we can all learn from one another and appreciate the similarities and differences of different cultures. [various parts of the world](https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/428902) will have different expectations and specific industries can have unspoken rules. [Global teammates](https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/317182) can engage in more productive [communication](https://www.entrepreneur.com/topic/communication) by encouraging mindfulness around those differences. Team leaders should want to learn more about the differences in how their team members communicate and encourage others to be aware and adapt to different settings. [communication style](https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/352621), be open to learning from them directly as individuals, rather than assuming what will work based on the assumptions of another country. Whatever the approach, the most crucial step is to use that information to adapt our communication styles in different settings and be respectful to others regardless of our differences. Instead of leaning on one person or team to advise on all the communication differences that might exist among a global team, arm every person in the company with that ability. The things we say or do can have very different meanings between cultures, but how a person internalizes those differences and decides to communicate those feelings can vary between individuals. [expand globally](https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/403824) and teams grow more diverse, things can get incredibly lost in translation. In hierarchical companies, the frustration of waiting for a partner to check with someone else before every decision can strain a working relationship. Trying to explain the "why" after the announcement might sound like a bunch of excuses, and I assumed people would stop listening by then because they would be stuck on the "what."

College student Emmy Rener built a small business selling charcuterie boards during the pandemic and has some advice for other young entrepreneurs.

“What I love is just meeting people every day in my business because I’m not just seeing customers and clientele, but I’m also meeting with wholesalers and meeting the cheesemakers, so there’s such a wide variety of people I’m introduced to on a daily basis,” she said. “My videos have reached millions of people, which I’m so fortunate that the algorithm has worked to my benefit,” she said. You’re going to run into challenges regardless, so you might as well get a head start on it.” Eventually, she struck gold in the form of actress Jessica Alba. “We have a team that’s also doing charcuterie boards on a daily basis,” she said. Like many, the COVID-19 pandemic threw her life for a curveball.

In the business world, there is often a focus on developing 'hard skills', these are the skills that we generally imagine when we think of a successful ...

Taking the time to develop soft skills allows you to rise above the challenges you may face in your entrepreneurial life. Before developing these skills, I had to sit and take a look at the basic elements of my life. Having these practices in my life, helps ground me and prepare me to face any challenges that come in my day-to-day as an entrepreneur with clarity and focus. My biggest takeaway, after advising hundreds of tech start-ups and investors, is how important soft skills are to grow as a successful entrepreneur and to build and lead a great team. There are many skills that may be considered soft skills such as self-care, personal growth skills, and spiritual practice, which form the backbone of a strong entrepreneur. These skills can help you make better decisions, create a positive workplace, and deal with the ups and downs of business life.