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What ancient Chinese wisdom teaches today’s leaders in times of complex change. “Lao Zi was a native of Chu, a southern state in the Zhou dynasty. His surname was Li; his given name was Er, and he was also called…
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How to lead cross-cultural teams, particularly teams where East meets West? What are concrete things you can do to help your global team in real-life business situations? This was the topic of my recent keynote at SIETAR Europa’s congress in…
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Category: Business Transformation, Cross Cultural Teams, Leadership Skills, People Skills
Tags: Asia, BRIC, Business, China, Collaboration, Cross-Cultural Communication, Cross-Cultural Leadership, Economist, India, Mergers & Acquisitions, Team Alignment
Why is cross-cultural leadership getting so much attention? Why is it important for today’s leaders to develop their cross-cultural effectiveness? Let me tell you a story. It starts on a hot summer day in 2001 when the managing director of…
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Category: Business Transformation, Leadership, Leadership Development, Leadership Skills
Tags: Asia, Business, Cross-Cultural Leadership, Cultural Competence, Education and Training, Harvard Business Review, Hong Kong, McKinsey & Company
Jacques Rogge, Honorary President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), speaks with a surprisingly soft voice. I had the chance to meet him last week, when he – invited by The Antwerp Forum – shared his insights on ‘How to…
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Category: Cross Cultural Teams, Cultural Integration, Leadership Skills, Leading Change
Tags: Asia, China, Cross-Cultural Leadership, Intercultural Leadership, International Olympic Committee, Jacques Rogge, Leading Change, Negotiation Skills
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