“Try seeing, feeling, and tasting the water you swim in the way a land animal might perceive it. You may find the experience fascinating — and mind-expanding.”
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“Each of the eight scales represents one key area that managers must be aware of, showing how cultures vary along a spectrum from one extreme to its opposite. The eight scales are:
• Communicating: low-context vs. high-context
• Evaluating: direct negative feedback vs. indirect negative feedback
• Persuading: principles-first vs. applications-first
• Leading: egalitarian vs. hierarchical
• Deciding: consensual vs. top-down
• Trusting: task-based vs. relationship-based
• Disagreeing: confrontational vs. avoids confrontation
• Scheduling: linear-time vs. flexible-time”
― Erin Meyer, The Culture Map: Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business
