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Netherlands

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Family Life (2 of 3) <ul><li>Often they are nuclear families </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Also called the “gezin” </li></ul></ul><ul><li>Only a few women participate in the workforce full-time </li></ul><ul><li>Expect mothers to be in charge of domestic work and childcare throughout the entire day </li></ul>www.readysetpresent.com Page

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Social Etiquette (3 of 4) <ul><li>Refer to family and closer friends by their first names </li></ul><ul><li>Direct communication style with a lot of eye contact is preferred </li></ul><ul><li>Displays of wealth or status are not viewed with favor </li></ul>www.readysetpresent.com Page

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Business Etiquette (5 of 6) <ul><li>Do not engage in small talk before negotiations </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Prefer to get down to business soon after a meeting begins </li></ul></ul><ul><li>Very slow to conduct business- they want to understand every detail before reaching a final decision </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Once a decision is made, it will not be changed </li></ul></ul>www.readysetpresent.com Page

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Trivia (3 of 3) <ul><li>Do you know what a polder is? </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Land reclaimed from the sea </li></ul></ul><ul><li>Did you know that two-fifths of the country was once covered by water? </li></ul><ul><ul><li>The Dutch &quot;created&quot; this land by pumping out the water </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>These drained areas, polders, have become the richest farmlands in the Netherlands </li></ul></ul>www.readysetpresent.com Page

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