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  • The Culture Map

  • Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business
  • By: Erin Meyer
  • Narrated by: Lisa Larsen
  • Length: 7 hrs and 42 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (1,140 ratings)

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The Culture Map

By: Erin Meyer
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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. It's no surprise that when they try and talk to each other, chaos breaks out. In The 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.

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©2016 Erin Meyer (P)2019 PublicAffairs
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Incredibly helpful!

I work in a multicultural team and this book explained so much for me! So many valuable insights. I wish I read it before.

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SOOOO HELPFUL

This book was incredible. I was enlightened in so many ways. I’ve lived over seas and this reminded me of the struggles but gave positive language and insight to explain things I never could.

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Good for anyone dealing with another culture

As someone no longer involved in corporate culture or management, I still found this book very interesting and wish I had listened to it earlier in my working life

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Gets enlightening towards the middle to end.

Per title. It is good and I would recommend it. Understand yourself and other cultures. Be a better international manager.

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Great insights for global teams

Reframes the way we think about communicating with international teams. Good mix of personal stories and insights

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Very Eye Opening

Erin does a great job laying out useful information around working with different cultures. I highly recommend this book for anyone who works on or leads a global team.

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Sensacional

Ojalá lo hubiera leído 25 años antes. Muy y útil para trabajar en ambientes trans nacionales y también para entender puntos de vista personales diferentes a los nuestros

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Excellent read for leaders at all levels

excellent read, it help us understand how culturally different we are still at core we are all humans. How to understand different culture and adapt is key.so within same country like India you will find people with different culture depending on which part of the world you are coming from Industrial or agricultural.

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Eye Opening!

Suddenly so much of the conflict we have experienced on our global team makes sense!

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Fascinating how we work!

Just finished this book. Was recommended by international businessman friend, Gary Ingram, and it did not disappoint!
Basically this is for anyone that wants to improve their cultural IQ especially if working with teams across the globe. It was fascinating that things from our history 1,000 years ago still impact how we relate. This is a studious book. Very insightful and I had several ah ha moments. Also she didn’t discuss Alaskan Native culture but I have learned many valuable lessons about my assumptions because of my upbringing in the south as a white person of English/German decent. It made me appreciate my southern upbringing even though it did not discuss all the diversity going on in the South. Having traveled to Spain and Japan so many many things are so interesting. I truly think everyone should travel outside their culture. It can be so amazing and I feel VERY blessed for the wonderful international and culturally diverse people in my sphere

Thank you for making me a more well rounded person and thank you for exposing me to so many different perspectives!

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