In Part 1 of this series I wrote about the importance of people alignment as a crucial competence for today’s leaders. Especially in a globalized world, where cross-cultural and multinational challenges are becoming more and more a normal part of…
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Category: Business Transformation, Cross Cultural Teams, Cultural Integration, Culture Change, High Performance Teams, Leadership, Leadership Alignment, Leadership Skills, Organization Development, People Skills
Tags: Business Environments, Cross-Cultural Leadership, Cross-Cultural Teams, Emerging markets, Intercultural Leadership, Leadership, Leading Teams, Management, Multinational Corporation, Team Alignment, Teamwork
Today’s and tomorrow’s leaders are more and more facing cross-cultural challenges caused by globalization, emerging economies and new markets. How to notice differences in cultures? How to understand their impact on people behavior and performance? How to avoid cross-cultural friction…
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Category: Cross Cultural Teams, Cultural Integration, Culture Change, Leadership Alignment, Leadership Development, Leadership Skills, People Skills
Tags: Asia, Business, China, Cross-Cultural Leadership, Cross-Cultural Teams, Emerging markets, India, Intercultural Leadership, Leadership, Leadership Alignment, LeadershipWatch, Management, Multinational Corporation, Organizational Culture
In working with multinational companies we see three specific changes that affect the role of senior leaders. Three changes that require special attention and sometimes even a fundamental mind shift. Read more …
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Category: Communication, Cross Cultural Teams, Cultural Integration, Leadership, Leadership Alignment, Leadership Development, Team Work
Tags: Asia, Cross-Cultural Leadership, Emerging markets, Executive Coaching, Harvard Business Review, Leadership, Multinational Corporation
When leading change, for instance in post merger integrations, leadership teams are very often confronted with cross-cultural differences. These can be corporate or national culture differences. Not dealing with these cultural differences effectively can have a serious impact on leadership…
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Category: Communication, Cross Cultural Teams, Cultural Integration, Culture Change, High Performance Teams, Leadership, Leadership Alignment, Post Merger Integration, Team Work
Tags: Asia, Business, Cross-Cultural Leadership, Cultural Alignment, Cultural Identity, Dishonesty, Education and Training, Executive Coaching, Honesty, Leadership, Management
Recently I had the pleasure to travel around in China for a few weeks. Visiting a fair deal of the country, north and south, the big cities and a part of the country side. I came back with a truck…
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Category: Business Transformation, Change Management, Cross Cultural Teams, Cultural Integration, Culture Change, Leadership, Leadership Alignment, Leading Change, Vision
Tags: Asia, China, Cross-Cultural Leadership, Cross-Cultural Teams, Cultural Alignment, Leadership, Leading Change, Martin Jacques, People Alignment, Western world
Post Merger Integration research over the past decades has shown that a great deal of mergers and acquisitions did not yield the desired value. Many surveys mention insufficient attention to the people and cultural aspects of the integration as one of the main causes of failure. Overlooking or underestimating the effect of cultural differences can seriously hinder the integration process and can destroy value. Read more …
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Category: Business Transformation, Cross Cultural Teams, Cultural Integration, Culture Change, Leadership Alignment, Leading Change, Post Merger Integration
Tags: Booz Allen Hamilton, Business, Business Transformation, Consulting, Cultural Identity, Fons Trompenaars, KPMG, Leadership, Post-Merger Integration, Synergy
Two weeks ago I wrote a post about the importance of openness within teams. About how our perception of openness can vary much from culture to culture, and how this can seriously hinder teams from being successful. In ‘Leading Cross-Cultural…
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When you observe successful teams in action you witness that an atmosphere of openness is always one of the success factors that drive the team’s behavior and performance. But as we all have probably experienced a few times in our lives,…
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Category: Communication, Cross Cultural Teams, Cultural Integration, High Performance Teams, Leadership Alignment, Leadership Skills, Organization Development, Post Merger Integration, Team Work
Tags: BRIC, China, Communication, Cross-Cultural Communication, Cross-Cultural Teams, Fons Trompenaars, Harvard Business Review, High Performance Teams, India, Japan, Leadership, Leading Teams, Openness, Post-Merger Integration
Companies face the impact of a globalized market. New economies are emerging fast. Mergers and acquisitions are increasing. Traditional market positions of companies are challenged. As a result leaders are confronted more and more with new and different ways of…
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Category: Communication, Cross Cultural Teams, Cultural Integration, Culture Change, High Performance Teams
Tags: Communication, Cross-Cultural Teams, Cultural Alignment, Executive Coaching, High Performance Teams, Intercultural Leadership, Leadership, Leadership Alignment, Organizational Culture, Post-Merger Integration
Many companies operate in globalized markets, and leaders have to deal with cross-cultural differences. How do successful leaders create effective collaboration across organizations between members from different cultures? Read More …
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Category: Cross Cultural Teams, Cultural Integration, Culture Change, High Performance Teams, Leadership Alignment, Leadership Skills, Post Merger Integration
Tags: Business, Cross-Cultural Teams, Cultural Identity, Leadership, Leadership Alignment, People Alignment, Science Daily, University of Zurich