Culture Map: Decoding How People Think, Lead, and Get Things Done Across Cultures
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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.
When you have Americans who precede anything negative with three nice comments; French, Dutch, Israelis, and Germans who get straight to the point (“your presentation was simply awful”); Latin Americans and Asians who are steeped in hierarchy; Scandinavians who think the best boss is just one of the crowd–the result can be, well, sometimes interesting, even funny, but often disastrous.
Even with English as a global language, it’s easy to fall into cultural traps that endanger careers and sink deals when, say, a Brazilian manager tries to fathom how his Chinese suppliers really get things done, or an American team leader tries to get a handle on the intra-team dynamics between his Russian and Indian team members.
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 advice for succeeding in a global world.
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Additional information
| Publisher | PublicAffairs, First Trade Paper Edition (21 Jan. 2016) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Paperback | 288 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 9781610392761 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1610392761 |
| Dimensions | 13.6 x 2.2 x 20.8 cm |
by Emma
A friend actually had this book and after browsing through I had to buy one for myself. I’ve never read it cover to cover, I use it as a reference when I’m dealing with different people at work. I am from New Zealand and it took me several years to realise the subtle cultural differences between there and the UK where I’ve live for the last ten years. I work in marketing and have colleagues and clients from all over the world, particularly the US and Europe. This book is so helpful for for figuring out the best way to present information to different people depending on the education system and culture they grew up with. It is incredibly fascinating to read about and so many things started to make sense to me in terms of communication challenges with certain people. Turns out they weren’t being difficult, they just need information presented in a different order to make sense of it. An absolute life saver of a book and essential reading for anyone in leadership, management or a client facing role.
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Page turner. Every page and chapter unfolds a fascinating series of insights on how to deal with different cultures events culminating in the creation of a great framework across 8 different dimension of culture. Truly inspiring and must read for people leaders and anyone dealing with people in global corporations
by anne
A book all professional people working in international environment should read
by N Mehta
This is really an amazing book. Author Erin Meyer had explained everything regarding different cultures across the globe very well with lots of examples and charts that makes this book very interesting reading.
If you are dealing with a diverse team at your organisation or you are a part of big multinational organisations and dealing with diverse people in your organisation or outside your organisation you must read this book.
Author has divided cultural differences in 8 relative scales,
1. Communicating: Low-context vs. High-context
2. Evaluating: Direct vs. Indirect negative feedback
3. Persuading: Principles-first vs. Application first
4. Leading: Egalitarian vs. Hierarchical
5. Deciding: Consensual vs. Top-down
6. Trusting: Task-based vs. Relationship-based
7. Disagreeing: Confrontational vs. Avoiding confrontation
8. Time/Scheduling: Linear vs Flexible
Author had provided good examples with her own point of view for above mentioned all 8 different scales regarding cultural differences across the globe.
I really enjoyed reading this book. I learnt so many important things from this book which are going to heIpful in the future.
I strongly recommend to read this book.
by eltheolo
Really good book and very insightful! It is targeted mostly for individuals in multicultural groups at work, although anyone can benefit from it. It presents research/analysis in a story-like way with a lot of examples making it an easy and interesting read. A lot of visuals as well that helps you get the msg quickly.
It really helped me see things in a different way, not just black and white (but more like “it seems black/white from where I’m standing culturally”)
I definitely recommend reading this book, not only for working individuals but for everyone in multicultural groups, or even having friends all over the world. There are so many things you can take from this book! I have already recommended it to many friends and colleagues.
by Amazon Customer
This book analysis how being brought up in some culture makes us predisposed to accept some “rules” as the norm, which makes us somewhat intransigent when someone doesn’t follow the same rules we do. In a work environment, this may become a problem. I would not say the book is eye-opening because I believe most people have been in these situations and noticed the differences, but the skills to handle them are well explained and clear. I feel I am more prepared to handle a group of people from difficult cultures after having read this book. I will keep using it in the future.
by Charlotte M-L
Decent book, has some interesting points. However, I do think it could be summarised in 25% of the book length, a lot was quite repetitive / long-winded first hand stories.
Essentially just China vs USA comparison – not actually much about any other area in the world
by Bakor Tayar
This book provokes deep thought about how different peoples from different countries have different approaches to time, authority, personal relationships and more. For people that work in a multicultural setting, and for those that are curious about the world, this book provides an excellent, easy to read, synopsis of the differences between cultures and how to bridge them. Ultimately, it’ll make you wiser and smarter. Highly recommended read.