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Dr. Tasha Eurich on Unleashing Potential through Self-Awareness

HR Digest

Because, to master the psychological safety needed for candid communication, leaders must recognize their impact, understand their biases, and adapt their styles for diverse team needs. Regularly connect with diverse views, experiences and backgrounds to avoid the risk of stagnation. Learn beyond your industry for fresh perspectives.

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Study: A CEO’s Decision Making Is Shaped by Whether Their Parents Were Immigrants

Harvard Business Review

In particular, we looked at how different countries compared on 16 cultural values developed by psychologists Geert Hofstede and Shalom Schwartz, the GLOBE Project , and the World Values Survey. We tried to answer this by identifying the cultural values that prevailed in these ancestral countries.

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By Being Authentic, You May Just Be Conforming

Harvard Business Review

Geert Hofstede, the author of the pioneering book Culture’s Consequences , makes that point when he talks about how his Dutch modesty failed to win him the job he wanted with an American firm.)

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Your Coworkers See Your Office Differently

Harvard Business Review

Geert Hofstede, in Cultures and Organizations , discusses five dimensions of national culture. Hofstede also points out that cultures vary in their acceptances of differences in power. One of them is whether a culture is more individualistic or collectivistic. Great Britain, and the Scandinavian countries.