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The Culture Map

The Culture Map

By Erin Meyer

Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business. PublicAffairs, 2014.

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15 Key insights

A brief summary of The Culture Map

A framework for navigating global cultures so you can communicate effectively and behave appropriately no matter the country you’re in, the people you’re dealing with, or the relationships you are trying to build.

Key insights in The Culture Map

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What do you get from this book? A foolproof tool for identifying the cultural issues that can impact your business
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Variations between cultures create workplace challenges that can be difficult to overcome without a system for addressing them
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The culture map draws attention to the key differences and similarities between people from different backgrounds
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People from low- and high-context cultures have different ways of conveying information based on assumptions and shared knowledge
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Evaluations can be easily misunderstood when managers are either too direct or not direct enough
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Principles-first and applications-first reasoning are persuasive styles that utilize drastically different techniques for drawing conclusions
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Recognizing your team’s preference for the “big picture” or specifics can help you plan your next move
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Egalitarian managers often have trouble understanding hierarchal organizations; the solution lies in understanding their obligations
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Consensual societies make slow, group-informed decisions while top-down cultures move fast and act independently
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Trust is the staple of any good relationship, but disparities between cultures can make it harder to form close bonds
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Many Asian countries avoid confrontation at all costs, while others are taught to hold constructive arguments
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Cultures perceive time with varying degrees of flexibility—learn to adapt, keep an open mind, and you’ll do well
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Summary of the key insights
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Selected critiques in brief
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Final word

Who should read The Culture Map

Business leaders • CEOs • managers • MBA students • startups • entrepreneurs

About the author of The Culture Map

Erin Meyer is an American author and professor at INSEAD, an international business school. She is the program director for the institution’s Managing Global Virtual Teams and Management Skills for International Business programs. As a former Peace Corps volunteer, she taught English in Botswana. In 2013 she was named to Thinkers50 Radar list of the world’s rising business thinkers.

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