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How do you network and communicate successfully with Israelis at meet-ups, job interviews, at business/lunch meetings? How do you smoothly avoid answering personal questions from Israelis that you don't want to answer? In meeting between cultures, misunderstandings are bound to happen. But with just a little bit of understanding of the Israeli way of communicating and doing business, you can avoid tension and significantly increase the chances of a positive outcome. In this week's podcast I sat down with Osnat Lautman,  an accomplished Israeli organizational consultant, to discuss Israeli business culture and how to succeed in networking with Israelis.  In her  book "Israeli Business Culture: Building Effective Business Relationship with Israelis", Osnat outlines her model of Israeli business characteristics, using the word ISRAELI™ as an acronym to depict the general profile of Israel’s business culture:  Informal. Straightforward. Risk-taking. Ambitious. Entrepreneurial. Loud. Improvisational. In the podcast we zone in on two of these characteristics: Informality and Straightforwardness. You can contact Osnat at osnat@olm-consulting.com and read more about Osnat here: http://olm-consulting.com/  Osnat's book "Israeli Business Culture" is available in Steimatzky bookstores around Israel and can be ordered on Amazon by clicking here:https://www.amazon.com/Israeli-Business-Culture-Bestseller-Relationships/dp/9659250452/ Interessted in receiving notifcations about future podcast episodes and info on how to network? Click here to Sign up to the WeNetwork newsletter and feel free to "Like" our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/wenetwork.io/ and visit the WeNetwork website: https://wenetwork.io