The Culture Map
Book description
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…
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As a senior cultural advisor to governments, UN agencies, and companies, I find Erin Meyer's exploration of cultural nuances and their impact on communication and relationships both enlightening and practical.
This book offers a nuanced understanding of how culturally informed subtleties shape our interactions, providing invaluable insights for individuals, couples, and groups navigating multicultural relationships.
What stands out is Meyer's ability to distill complex cultural dynamics into organized frameworks and actionable strategies for building understanding and connection. Through her engaging anecdotes and thorough research, she equips readers with the tools to bridge cultural divides and cultivate harmony in their relationships.…
From Sara's list on how to move from surviving to thriving in your relationships.
This book is one of the most skillful and actionable executions of an incredibly complex topic: how do we successfully work with people from different cultures?
The book covers techniques for unpicking cultural differences and better understanding our own so that people from dramatically different backgrounds can work better together: a topic that is close to the heart of all of us in an increasingly globalized and interconnected world.
The most fun part of this book is an exercise that you can do with your team to highlight and understand cultural differences. Despite sounding like a potential minefield, you’ll come…
From James' list on engineers that want to become fantastic managers.
I loved this book so much. I read it some time ago while preparing to start writing my first book.
It is about culture and how to conduct yourself within our globalized world—however, more into the business world context. Many of the mentioned recommendations from this book can also be applied to daily life. This book is a must-read if you work with a very international group and want to know how to deal with cultural differences.
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