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THE CULTURE MAP by ERIN MEYER decoding how people think, lead, and get things done across cultures. Breaking through the invisible boundaries of global business

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Language: English;

ISBN 10: 1610392760;

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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.

Whether you work in a home office or abroad, business success in our ever more globalized and virtual world requires the skills to navigate through cultural differences and decode cultures foreign to your own. Renowned expert Erin Meyer is your guide through this subtle, sometimes treacherous terrain where people from starkly different backgrounds are expected to work harmoniously together.

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. Even with English as a global language, it's easy to fall into cultural traps that endanger careers and sink deals. In The Culture Map, Erin Meyer provides a field-tested model for decoding how cultural differences impact international business. She combines a smart analytical framework with practical, actionable device for succeeding in a global world.

CONTENTS:

Introduction: Navigating Cultural Differences and the Wisdom of Mrs.Chen;

1.Listening to the Air: - Communicating across cultures;

2.The Many Faces of Polite:- Evaluating Performance and Providing Negative Feedback;

3.Why Versus How:- The Art of Persuasion in a Multicultural World;

4.How much Respect Do You Want? Leadership, Hierarchy, and Power;

5.Big D or little d:- Who Decides, and How?;

6.The Head or the Heart:- Two Types of Trust and How they Grow;

7.The Needle, Not the Knife:- Disagreeing Productively;

8.How Late is Late?:- Scheduling and Cross-Cultural Perceptions of Time;

Epilogue: Putting Culture Map to Work

BOOK REVIEWS:

The book abounds with well-chosen anecdotes to illustrate the misunderstandings that can arise from clashing cultural assumptions, making this enlightening book a pleasure to read. - Foreign Affairs;

Whether you're a corporate or traditional diplomat, global traveler, government official, or passionate world citizen, this is the one book you should not miss. Chock-full of real-world examples and a simple framework that can be utilized in any cross-cultural context, Meyer's work is characterized by a fresh and relevant voice, distilling down the essentials of communicating, persuading and working effectively around the globe. It is rare that I pick up a cross-cultural book and can't put it down. - Cari Guittard, Huffington Post;

This readable book explains how to dramatically increase organisational success by improving our ability to understand the behaviour of colleagues, clients, and suppliers from different countries. - Professional Manager (UK);

A helpful guide to working effectively with people from other cultures Meyer delivers important reading for those engaged in international business.- Kirkus Reviews;

With business becoming ever global, there are a raft of books available on dealing with cultural differences. If you only read one, make it INSEAD professor Erin Meyer's Skillfully blend[s] real-life examples.. with an analytical framework What brings this book to life are the numerous examples Meyer has encountered, both in her own life as an American living in Paris, and in her experience as running the Managing Virtual Teams module at INSEAD. - HR Magazine, 5 star ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Erin Meyer is a professor at INSEAD, one of the world's leading international business schools. Her work focuses on how the world's most successful global leaders navigate the complexities of cultural differences in a multicultural environment. Living and working in Africa, Europe, and the United States prompted Meyer's study of the communication patterns and business systems of different parts of the world. Her framework allows international executives to pinpoint their leadership preferences, and compare their methods to the management styles of other cultures. Her work has appeared in Harvard Business Review, Singapore Business Times, and Forbes.com. In 2013 Erin was selected by the Thinkers50 Radar list as one of the world's up-and-coming business thinkers. She is the recipient of the 2015 Thinkers50 RADAR Award.

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