CULTURAL COLUMN – Cultural differences cannot be summarised as a magic list of “Do’s and Don’ts at work”. It can actually cost you business and your integrity – often without your knowledge. Investing in exploring the underlying drivers to cultural behaviour will have the leading edge.

CULTURAL COLUMN – Relatedness is a must for effective information sharing in high performing global teams, and cultural factors can negatively impact different expectations of team members.

CULTURAL COLUMN – Strategies to deal with culture at work: to accommodate, to avoid, to dominate, to compromise or to synergies to overcome cultural challenges.

CULTURAL COLUMN – To benefit from cultural diversity,  multicultural organisations invest in developing intercultural competence: it prevents staff turnover and communication breakdown.

FROM THE LITERATURE – The MBI Model facilitates the consideration of cultural differences in decision-making and performance processes.

FROM THE LITERATURE – Significant variations exist in response styles across countries. Consequently, correlating cross-national staff satisfaction with management performance may lead to inaccurate or unjust conclusions.

CULTURAL COLUMN – Humour is culturally influenced and you better be aware of it before using your favourite joke. It might just cost you the deal…

FROM THE LITERATURE – About acculturation strategies implemented for new migrants within societies, as well as for culturally diverse personnel in organisations.

CULTURAL COLUMN – The way we perceive time is part of our cultural programming. Dealing with people at work who have a preference for a different approach to time can make us feel uneasy and frustrated.

FROM THE LITERATURE – CQ helps turn international assignment experiences into a global mindset.