2. Power distance and display of respect across cultures are part of everyday interactions.

How do you negotiate power distance in interpersonal, intercultural, and workplace situations? Do you have an intercultural story similar to or different from that of Tenzin’s story? How and why do individualists, collectivists, and bicultural individuals differ in their understanding and negotiation of power distance in various situations? How do people in different cultures display respect to each other, and what misunderstandings happen from each other’s cultural lens? Similar to showing feet or soles of shoes in Indian culture, what behaviors and use of nonverbal symbols are considered disrespectful in your cultures?