Money, Time, Manpower – Stinginess With a Tiny Slice May Cost You the Entire Expat Pie

Any cost-conscious organization sending employees abroad needs to be prudent and justify all the expenses of an expatriate assignment. Smart organizations know that a small percentage of the overall expat management cost protects their investment in global talent. International employee relocations can fail for various reasons: A company may have chosen the wrong team member for the […]

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The Culture Quiz

How well can you diagnose cultural differences in the workplace? Take the quiz:   Andy Molinsky Andy is the author of Reach: A New Strategy to Help You Step Outside Your Comfort Zone and Global Dexterity: How to Adapt Your Behavior across Cultures without Losing Yourself in the Process, Professor of International Management and Organizational Behavior at […]

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Why are Americans/Germans so…?

“Why do Americans share so much personal information with people they barely know?” “Why are Germans so reserved towards people who are trying to get know them?” When interacting with representatives from cultures other than our own we are easily influenced by first-impression observations which sometimes manifest themselves in stereotypes. Some of the typical stereotypes […]

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