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Framework

Culture Map

Culture Map Overview

Culture Map

By applying Culture Map knowledge, you can effectively assess counterparts and communicate flexibly in diverse, multilingual, multicultural global workplace environments.

The 8 Scales

1

Communicating & Evaluating

  • ●Communicating: Low-context vs. High-context
  • ●Evaluating: Direct negative feedback vs. Indirect negative feedback
2

Leading & Deciding

  • ●Leading: Egalitarian vs. Hierarchical
  • ●Deciding: Consensual vs. Top-down
3

Trusting & Disagreeing

  • ●Trusting: Task-based vs. Relationship-based
  • ●Disagreeing: Confrontational vs. Avoids confrontation
4

Scheduling & Persuading

  • ●Scheduling: Linear-time vs. Flexible-time
  • ●Persuading: Principles-first vs. Applications-first

Objectives

1

Understand the Culture Map and the relative positioning of countries, companies, teams, and individuals.

2

Practice and master the ability to identify characteristics and adjust communication approaches.

3

Apply Culture Map knowledge to effectively assess counterparts and communicate flexibly in diverse global workplace environments.

4

Reflect on behaviors and communication approaches, leverage constructive 360-degree feedback, and improve cultural communication skills.

Culture Map Tools and Text

Study relevant quotes from Erin Meyer's book "The Culture Map" while using Culture Map tools. Participants share their cultural experiences with in-depth theoretical and practical components for that quarter's cultural scales.