the frist thing to do is to get a grip on the cultural challenges you're dealing with.This entails understanding as much as possible about the new cultral - rules for communication,how meetings are run,how people typically give and receive praise,etc.But it's equally important to learn about the background of the particular people you're going to be working with.Are your team members "local" - people who speak one language and have primarily lived and worked in their country of origin? Or are they "cosmopolitans" who have lived,studied,traveled,and worked around the globe and who may speak multiple languages fluently?