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The impact of cultural preoccupations on language
Looking for more examples in various languages of how culture shapes...
Bicycling in the Yogurt: the French Food Fixation
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Ready or not, English is now the global language of business. More and more multinational companies are mandating English as the common corporate language—Airbus, Daimler-Chrysler, Fast Retailing, Nokia, Renault, Samsung, SAP,...

Leadership: embracing cultural challenges
A globalized world calls for a new definition of leadership, write Prof. Carlos Sánchez-Runde, Luciara Nardon and Prof. Richard Steers ...

As discussed in the previous post, today’s global leaders have three common characteristics. The first of these is a global mindset. Global mindset can be defined as the ability to perceive and decode behaviors in multiple cultural contexts. It is an ability to connect with people from other cultures on [...]

Accent on Accents speechscience.com
If English isn’t your first language, and you want to speak more clearly in English, there are some easy steps you can take. Let’s first look at the goal. I believe that is isn’t necessary to sound completely North American.

Sincere wishes that 2012 bring you, your teams and your clients success & happiness
Thank you for being part of this network of coaches and clients looking to improve leadership in a turbulent world. I extend our shared ...

Did you include this information in your 2011 business plan?
Thought the SHERPA 2011 Coaching survey would interest you
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Pessimist - you must be French
While 61% of the French and 52% of the British expected a year of economic difficulty even worse than in 2010, only 22% of Germans and ...
New Poll: The French are the World's Most Pessimistic People | NewsFeed | TIME.com newsfeed.time.com
Anyone holding their breath hoping 2011 might start with a bang of surprise can exhale. A new poll has discovered that the French are the most pessimistic people on earth. Mais duh. The annual BVA-Gallup International survey on...

How to Help Poor People During the Holidays.
Assess your personal situation and available resources to find the best way for you to help that are less fortunate.

What are main drivers of the global executive job market ?
What are the best tips you will give to a manager around 50 year old who has just been laid off ?

How to Ask for Referrals ackertadvisory.com
We have one goal: to equip you with the strategies, tools and methodologies that will work hard for you. And we partner with you to apply the solution until you have the problem solved.

HBR article
As Global Executive Coaches, this article supports our work. Accompanying our clients to recognize their talents, build them into ...
Free online business articles and news at Harvard Business Review. Read a preview of Managing Yourself: What Brain Science Tells Us About How to Excel, by Edward M. Hallowell.

Global Executive Coach is now an open group
I am pleased to announce that, as the owner of this group, I have just switched us to an open discussion group. All future discussions ...

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Culture & Leadership
Strong core values lead to better outcomes...
Where Teamwork Thrives in the Money Management Industry - Jim Ware and Keith Robinson - Harvard Business Review blogs.hbr.org
Recently, my colleagues at the Focus Consulting Group and I surveyed more than 100 asset management firms around the world, testing both for the strength of their cultures and for the effectiveness of their leadership teams....

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How fusion cuisine lends ideas for improving multicultural teams
I'm a huge fan of fusion cuisine — when a chef combines elements of, say, French and Mexican traditions — and recently I got to wondering: could multicultural teams learn to use the very best elements of different cultures...

Are you suffering from learned helplessness? actionpodcast.com
Learned helplessness. It’s not a common phrase but it’s a very common strategy we employ when we feel we’ve lost control of life, and we feel that the only way to get that control back is to act helpless. The roots of learned...
