Knowing When to Speak and When to Listen
I read an interesting article of an experience shared by Erin Meyer in the Harvard Business Review ‘Cultural Coaching – Knowing when to shut-up. Erin was working as a cultural coach, her assignment was to…
The Key to Successful Global Expansions
What succeeds at home may not work overseas. This is the claim of the chairman of an Indian company that has embarked on global expansion across 36 countries and five continents. He maintains that often…
2 Tips For Overcoming Your Blind-Spots
Here is a quick read from HBR ‘Management Tip’ that I thought were worth sharing. It serves as a reminder to us to stay aware.. http://hbr.org/tip/2013/11/21/2-tips-for-overcoming-your-blind-spots.
Culturally Intelligent Negotiations
Last month there was a great article published in the Harvard Business Review Blog Network titled ‘Empathetic Negotiation Saved My Company’. The article explores a business agreement between an Indian supplier and a European trading…
Culture and Ethics
Bribery, cover-ups and corporate corruption are regularly exposed within multinational corporations the world over. Recent accusations against Leighton International, one of Australia’s biggest companies that operates in more than 20 countries, is yet another reminder…
Multicultural Leadership – Hidden Gems
I have read a couple of articles lately – ‘The Rise Of Multicultural Managers’ by Yves Doz, ‘L’Oreal Masters Multiculturalism’ by Hae-Jung Hong and another article that discuss the many benefits that culturally intelligent leaders…
Consciousness and Cultural Intelligence
A friend recommended an interesting TrueTube clip that I thought I would share. It is an excerpt from an address to a graduating class by David Foster Wallace titled ‘This is Water‘. The message of…
The Changing Cityscapes of Mumbai and Shanghai
I have been working in China and India this month. As I have sat in some never-ending traffic jams, in both Shanghai and Mumbai, I got to thinking about how similar and different these two…
Talent Management and Cultural Intelligence
An interesting article that I came across last week was in the Harvard Business Review Blog – Talent Management: Boards Give Their Companies an “F”, by Boris Groysberg and Deborah Bell. The article discusses the…
Listening to Understand
Listening to understand, rather than listening only to respond, requires a high level of mindfulness and consciousness, especially when we are communicating with people of different cultures. As I was facilitating a program in Asia…
