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Looking Back on Last Week’s Trip to Hyderabad
I just returned from a trip to Hyderabad (visiting my Indian colleagues and teams that work on the corporate transformation program I’m leading for a European retail company) when I came across an interview with Google CEO Sundar Pichai. He…
Read MoreSkills for the Future: Break Patterns and Surprise Yourself, says Harvard’s Michael Puett
What are the key skills for the future? In our Expert Series, experts share valuable and surprising insights we can use to build tomorrow’s world. In this part Harvard professor Michael Puett explains the skill of breaking patterns and its impact…
Read More7 Top Insights for Leading East-West Business Teams
As business leader you are increasingly dealing with East-West business teams. Leading these teams effectively has a great impact on the success of companies in today’s business reality.
Read MoreWhen East Meets West: Peter Hessler Shares His 3 Best Tips for 2016
When the American journalist and writer Peter Hessler (Peter is staff writer at the New Yorker and contributing writer for the National Geographic) moved to China to teach and write, he discovered that things were almost diametrically opposed to what…
Read MoreHow to Lead Global Teams: One Powerful Tip for Westerners
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…
Read MoreCross-Cultural Leadership: How to Stimulate Your Asian Team Members to Speak Up?
In global teams, team effectiveness is not only impacted by personal (people’s characters and temperament) and organizational (level of team alignment from the start) elements. There are important cultural elements at play as well. Cultural elements that can, if not understood and properly addressed, quickly lead to frustration and ineffective teams.
Read MoreCross-Cultural Leadership: The One Secret Success Ingredient
Do business leaders and HR departments pay sufficient attention to equipping people preparing for international assignments, as well as managers leading cross-cultural teams, with sound cross-cultural leadership skills? Research conducted at Dutch Neyenrode Business University suggests they don’t. And that’s…
Read MoreCross-Cultural Leadership: Why Learning Chinese Business Etiquette is Not Enough
Do you want to be successful in doing business with the Chinese? Do you want to build lasting relationships? Then understand why learning Chinese business etiquette will be important, but not enough. Your company is looking for a Chinese business…
Read MoreLeading Change: 3 Reasons Why Great Leaders Are Reluctant to Compromise
The other day I watched a political leader proclaim with great pride what a huge success this compromise was. How they had reached it after long and exhausting negotiations. This was truly a great solution that would change the future…
Read MoreLeading Cross-Cultural Teams: How to Create Openness? (Part 2)
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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