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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
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (467 ratings)

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Summary

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 valuable

As someone who works across countries frequently, this book provides invaluable insights and guidance for how to navigate cultural differences more effectively. I highly recommend this book for anyone who engages with people from other national cultures - which is pretty much everyone these days!

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Good content

I enjoyed the content of this book very much, although I have to say I don’t love the narrator. A bit robotic sounding but absolutely horrific pronunciation of the phrases written in other languages (mostly French). I don’t expect someone to be able to perfectly pronounce everything but this was incomprehensible.

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One of the best and useful books I've read

The book is very well structured and based on some very interesting social research. I am recommending this book to anyone working in a multi-cultural environment, especially in corporations.

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Super useful

Very 360 complete view of all sorts of cultures! Though sometimes can be light on certain countries

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Great book

I recently moved from Brazil to UK, for a new job. Moved with my family, so it’s a new job for me and new life for us. The book was so useful to understand some situations that I already experienced in my professional life, working with multicultural teams and I’m sure it will help me deal better with my new life.

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very informative and useful

for someone working in an international environment, this is an essential handbook, a must for navigating a globalised world

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For anyone who manages global teams.

This book offers some unique and eye opening information about are worldwide cultures. Also with some brief history to explain certain cultures.

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Great insights

I really liked the book and working with many foreigners from all around the world I think this will be really helpful.
I wish that the annexed PDF was richer in data, for example providing data for more countries.

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GREAT BOOK

A must read for global business leader. Explains cultural difference, rational behind it and how to manage people with different cultural backgrounds

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Good content, good length

I found this book to be an excellent overview of the topic. Having worked in increasingly international teams over the past 15 years I found this useful to help interpret my own experience and firm up my lessons learned.

I would recommend this book to anyone entering a global business!

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