The Culture Map: Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business

Product Description An international business expert helps you understand and navigate cultural differences in this insightful and practical guide, perfect for both your work and personal life.Americans precede anything negative with three nice comments; French, Dutch, Israelis, and Germans get straight to the point; Latin Americans and Asians are steeped in hierarchy; Scandinavians think the best boss is just one of the crowd. Its no surprise that when they try and talk to each other, chaos breaks out.InThe Culture Map, INSEAD professor Erin Meyer is your guide through this subtle, sometimes treacherous terrain in which people from starkly different backgrounds are expected to work harmoniously together. She provides a field-tested model for decoding how cultural differences impact international business, and combines a smart analytical framework with practical, actionable advice. Review Erin Meyer provides us with a brilliant guide to what all business leaders need to know right now: How to succeed in managing across the diverse cultural contexts of todays workplace!Marshall Goldsmith, author of the New York Times and global bestseller What Got You Here Wont Get You ThereWhether you are sitting at a desk in Boston or eating at a restaurant in Beijing, communicating across cultures is the great challenge of the global economy. Getting it right will be the difference between success and failure. Erin Meyer has written a very important book. Managers everywhere should read it.Des Dearlove and Stuart Crainer, founders of the Thinkers50Whether youre a corporate or traditional diplomat, global traveler, government official, or passionate world citizen, this is the one book you should not miss. Chock-full of real-world examples and a simple framework that can be utilized in any cross-cultural context, Meyers work is characterized by a fresh and relevant voice, distilling down the essentials of communicating, persuading and working effectively around the globe. It is rare that I pick up a cross-cultural book and cant put it down.Cari Guittard, Huffington PostWith business becoming ever global, there are a raft of books available on dealing with cultural differences. If you only read one, make it INSEAD professor Erin Meyers...Skillfully blend[s] real-life examples...with an analytical framework... What brings this book to life are the numerous examples Meyer has encountered, both in her own life as an American living in Paris, and in her experience as running the Managing Virtual Teams module at INSEAD.HR Magazine, 5 star reviewThe book abounds with well-chosen anecdotes to illustrate the misunderstandings that can arise from clashing cultural assumptions, making this enlightening book a pleasure to read.Foreign AffairsAmusing.Financial TimesThis readable book explains how to dramatically increase organisational success by improving our ability to understand the behaviour of colleagues, clients, and suppliers from different countries.Professional Manager (UK)A helpful guide to working effectively with people from other cultures...Meyer delivers important reading for those engaged in international business.Kirkus ReviewsIn a relaxed, entertaining, but always knowledgeable style, Meyer draws on numerous examples from her experiences to explain how to detect the invisible barriers in the global business world--and how to get past them.Siemens Industry Journal Book Description In todays ever-more-globalized world, success in business requires navigating through cultural differences, and a knowledge of how to decode cultures foreign to our own. In this fun and instructive book, international business expert Erin Meyer offers key tactics and strategies to help businesspeople overcome cultural obstacles and obtain success. About the Author Erin Meyer is a professor at INSEAD, one of the worlds leading international business sc