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Hofstede Culture Dimensions

Leadership and Change

I’ve introduced Geert Hofstede a couple of posts ago, so I’ll share a bit more about his work as an “in-between post” in my Personal Positive Power blog series. The post Hofstede Culture Dimensions appeared first on Leadership & Change Magazine. He researched national cultures and I admire his work.

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Why People Stay Quiet At Work

The Horizons Tracker

There are parallels here with Geert Hofstede’s work on power distance, with countries with a high power distance more likely to have such hierarchical barriers to speaking up as they support and accept strict status differences.

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Are you aware of culture?

Leadership and Change

Geert Hofstede, the Dutch culture researcher and one of my true gurus (I love his work) says: Culture reproduces itself. Lately, I discussed communication in my Personal Positive Power series to make a positive difference. But are you aware of how your communication is influenced by the culture you’re part of?

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The Key Leadership Skill?

Great Leadership By Dan

In the 1970’s the Dutch psychologist Geert Hofstede developed a way of looking at cultural differences. The Colombians had simply been unable to explain exactly how dire their predicament was. How could trained professionals miscommunicate so badly? He produced a set of dimensions to explain how cultures vary from one another.

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How Ready Are Companies For The Post-Pandemic World?

The Horizons Tracker

It brings to mind the groundbreaking work of Dutch sociologist Geert Hofstede. His work analyzing the values within and across nations identified striking similarities between residents of large cities across nations, such that Londoners and Parisians have more in common than Londoners do with residents of Rochdale.

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Dr. Tasha Eurich on Unleashing Potential through Self-Awareness

HR Digest

The second is to dial up their listening behaviors: by listening directly to the people you work with; and indirectly by reading as much as you can—try a simple Google (“Business Customs in X country”) or learn from cross-cultural experts like Geert Hofstede or Miriam Spering.

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Where Both Parents Can "Have It All"

Harvard Business Review

Cross-cultural analysts like Geert Hofstede have said that the biggest difference between the Nordics and other countries are their highly 'feminine' vs 'masculine' values. The Nordic executive team (mostly men) I worked with this week were fascinated by the Hofstede research. Pragmatic indeed.