A German human resources manager arrives right on time for your meeting, but the Nigerian executive is 20 minutes late. Your Japanese hosts invite you out for a night of drinking – do you have to go in order to do business? Feedback from a candid French manager leaves you in tears, but feedback from an oblique English boss leaves you mystified as to what it means.
Cultural differences often determine what someone views as acceptable workplace behavior. Knowing and respecting these differences is crucial in today’s global environment. The following “culture map” offers eight comparative scales to help you work more congenially and respectfully with people from other cultures:
Stanford Graduate School professor Leah Weiss explains how to build a resilient spirit and inspire your team members to do the same.
#gettogether: How to Manage Change
Award-winning author Campbell Macpherson on how to craft an exciting vision for the future – so that change is seen not as a threat, but an opportunity.
Too Much Water, and Not Enough
It’s a paradox of climate change that rising global temperatures mean rising seas but also retreating freshwater resources. What technologies can help?
