The Culture Map
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An international business expert helps you understand and navigate cultural differences in this insightful and practical guide, perfect for both your work and personal life. Americans precede anything negative with three nice comments; French, Dutch, Israelis, and Germans get straight to the point; Latin Americans and Asians are steeped in hierarchy; Scandinavians think the best boss is just one of the crowd. It's no surprise that when they try and talk to each other, chaos breaks out. In The Culture Map, INSEAD professor Erin Meyer is your guide through this subtle, sometimes treacherous terrain in which people from starkly different backgrounds are expected to work harmoniously together. She provides a field-tested model for decoding how cultural differences impact international business, and combines a smart analytical framework with practical, actionable advice.
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Wake up call that I - being from the Netherlands - may want to re-evaluate my business conduct in Southeast Asia
Every chapter taught me so many things about interpretation across cultures in both verbal and physical language. Meyer lays all her observations out on the table, framing countries into scales of communication, etc. This book will be a permanent fixture on my shelf once I get a copy of my own!
I've returned to this book many times. It was a recommendation from a Couchsurfing guest after we were discussing our cultural differences. It's an amazing insight into how to interpret different people from different cultures and how to successfully communicate across cultures. I only wish I would have known about this book when I was managing teams across continents.
Leaders have always needed to understand human nature and personality differences to be successful in business - that's nothing new. What's new is the requirement for twenty-first century leaders to be prepared to understand a wider, richer array of work styles than ever before and to be able to determine what aspects of an interaction are simply a result of personality and which are a result of differences in cultural perspective.
Get this book even if you're in no managing position nor you wish to be. It'll help you navigate people.
