How to Read Culture Clash: Managing the Global High-Performance Team (The Global Leader Series Book 2) MOBI
In a crisis that disrupts global business and forces so many to manage at a distance, so much is lost in translation. How can you still get results? This quick read shows you how to build trust remotely, read between the lines, collaborate and negotiate effectively, avoid culture clashes, and get the job done across borders.How do you prepare, manage and debrief a teleconference? How do you build trust or empower people's leadership remotely? How do you decode people's mindsets across organizational or national borders? How do you navigate a post-merger integration? How do you build consensus on a key decision with multiple stakeholders? How do you prepare a negotiation quickly and successfully?If you are lost in translation or facing a cross-border challenge, "Culture Clash" is the ultimate guide to working in a diverse and virtual team. You and your international managers learn how to avoid costly mistakes, how to decode national or corporate cultures, and how to navigate cross-cultural projects for best results. An absolute necessity for smart leaders who manage across cultures.Like it or not, all of us are touched by globalization - even the fruit vendor at the street corner. But few leaders are prepared for managing across cultures; and the costs of cultural blind spots can spin out of control. Dr. Zweifel has packed "Culture Clash" with fascinating stories, sound research and practical techniques--the global and intercultural competencies you need to manage across cultures anywhere in the world.Learn how to:* Build and manage global high-performance teams.* Parachute into any culture and get the job done while respecting the local customs.* Avoid costly no-no's in your cross-cultural interactions.* Use the Pyramid for Global Results to instantly decode a national or corporate culture.* Work with the Global Integrator™ spider graph to navigate cross-cultural mergers, acquistions or joint ventures* Orchestrate global meetings and teleconferences--before, during, and after--that create alignment and mobilize the troops worldwide* And much, much more (not least some pretty hilarious cross-cultural jokes...).“When it comes to cultural differences, most of us don’t even know what we don’t even know. Culture Clash not only reminds us of our blindness, but also offers a cure. Pick it up, read it, and see what we’re missing!” —Scott A. Snook Professor, Harvard Business School“A great read—and you end up smarter as a result of it. Absolutely required reading for leaders who manage across cultures.”—Ali Velshi, Anchor, MSNBC“Culture Clash is worth real money for global companies. The pro- ductivity of large corporations is directly linked to culture—the more senior you are, the more you have got to pay attention to cross-cultural roadblocks. If you want to build or manage a global high-performance team, read this book and give it to everyone around you.” —Steve Baird, Senior Management Advisor, UBS“I wish I had had access to Zweifel’s tools 35 years ago when I was starting out.”—Werner Brandmayr Former President and Managing Director, ConocoPhillips Continental Holding GmbH“Great reading for our M&A clients. If you follow these prescriptions, you have an instant leg up on the competition.”—John Adams, President, Adams & Royer, Inc.“As Japan’s former chief diplomat, I have seen time and time again how small cross-cultural misunderstandings can spin out of con- trol. We live in dangerous and turbulent times in international affairs, and we must do everything in our power to bridge cultural differences. Thomas Zweifel’s book helps us do exactly that. It is an important and timely book, and it should be read by all those who are working not only to prevent culture clash, but for our common future as humanity.” —Hon. Koji Kakizawa Member, House of Representatives, Japan; former Foreign Minister, Japan
