Cultural Differences & Cultural Diversity in International Business

Dutch Directness and Beyond In this episode, I Interview Bob Grol on Dutch Directness Bob is a born and raised Dutchman. He currently runs his own organization called FYPS (For Your Professional Solution). Learn from Bob in what way, and how and why the Dutch are as direct as they are. And why that is interpreted by Asians as very rude. Also, Bob shares plenty of personal stories. Build Your Cultural Competence In the Culture Matters podcast, we interview real people with real stories. Every other week there is a guest with broad international experience and lots of cultural insights. I interview real people with real stories. To subscribe directly using iTunes, Click here. Links You can reach Bob Grol in a couple of ways: LinkedIn FYPS (For Your Professional Solution) Email: bobgrol@fyps.nl How To Get In Touch With Culture Matters I'd love for you to get in touch. There are a couple of ways you can do this: Via this website: Just use the “Ask Your Question” tab on the right of the screen and leave a voicemail Email me at chris.smit@culturematters.com Send me a Tweet: @chrissmit Finally Thank you so much for taking the time to read this far, and maybe even listen to my Podcast. I hope you will be back for the next episode of the Culture Matters Podcast! Dutch Directness on Culture Matters

Summary In this episode, I Interview Richard Hill. Richard is the author of "We Europeans" (1992), "Euro managers & Martians", "The Art of being Belgian", "Great Britain Little England", and a number of other books. Learn how Richard explains why (he thinks) the French are an "autistic" nation (don't worry, he nuances it to "self-absorbed" later in an excellent story! And why the Belgians are unassertive and pragmatic people who have a developed way to compromise. And finally why the European Commission (EC) is not paying as much attention to cultural differences as it should. Build Your Cultural Competence In the Culture Matters podcast, we interview real people with real stories. Every other week there is a guest with broad international experience and lots of cultural insights. I interview real people with real stories. To subscribe directly using iTunes, Click here. Links You can reach Richard Hill in a couple of ways: Mobile phone: +32 470 305677 Landline: +32 2 343 77 26 Email: richard@minkehill.com Website: Books by Richard Are the French autistic? Read the article here. How To Get In Touch With Culture Matters I'd love for you to get in touch. There are a couple of ways you can do this: Via this website: Just use the “Ask Your Question” tab on the right of the screen and leave a voice mail Email me at chris.smit@culturematters.com Send me a Tweet: @chrissmit Finally Thank you so much for taking the time to read this far, maybe even listen to my Podcast. I hope you will be back for the next episode of the Culture Matters Podcast!

Summary In this episode, I Interview Dorothy Dalton. Dorothy is an International Talent Management Strategist who connects people, organizations and opportunities. She is Co-Founder of “3Plus International”. An organization to support professional women via mentoring and coaching programs. Dorothy explains the differences in CV's in different cultures and how she instantaneously lost her Liverpool accent. Build Your Cultural Competence In the Culture Matters podcast, we interview real people with real stories. Every other week there is a guest with broad international experience and lots of cultural insights. I interview real people with real stories. To subscribe directly using iTunes, Click here. An article on international management expectations can be found here. Links You can reach Dorothy Dalton in a couple of ways: LinkedIn: be.linkedin.com/in/dorothydalton/ 3Plus International Twitter: @DorothyDalton www.dorothydalton.com How To Get In Touch With Culture Matters I'd love for you to get in touch. There are a couple of ways you can do this: Via this website: Just use the “Ask Your Question” tab on the right of the screen and leave a voice mail Email me at chris.smit@culturematters.com Send me a Tweet: @chrissmit Finally Thank you so much for taking the time to read this far, maybe even listen to my Podcast. I hope you will be back for the next episode of the Culture Matters Podcast!

Summary In this episode, I Interview Antoin Deul. Antoin (a Dutch National) is a global project manager and staff scientist who has lived in the US for 12 years and has worked and is working on sustainability projects in many countries. Find out from Antoin why it is important to be a "Man" and to be able to drink a good amount of alcohol when doing business in China! Build Your Cultural Competence In the Culture Matters podcast, we interview real people with real stories. Every other week there is a guest with broad international experience and lots of cultural insights. I interview real people with real stories. To subscribe directly using iTunes, Click here. Links You can reach Antoin Deul in a couple of ways: Twitter: @antoindeul LinkedIn: http://nl.linkedin.com/pub/antoin-deul/6/57b/424 How To Get In Touch With Culture Matters I'd love for you to get in touch. There are a couple of ways you can do this: Via this website: Just use the “Ask Your Question” tab on the right of the screen and leave a voicemail Email me at chris.smit@culturematters.com Send me a Tweet: @chrissmit Finally Thank you so much for taking the time to read this far, and maybe even listen to my Podcast. I hope you will be back for the next episode of the Culture Matters Podcast! An interesting podcast on sustainability can be found here.

Summary In this episode I Interview Anis Bedda. Anis is an independent consultant in the areas of business development, communication and innovation related projects. A partner of Global enterprise and ex-manager at Hub Brussels. Build Your Cultural Competence In the Culture Matters podcast we interview real people with real stories. Every other week there is a guest with broad international experience and lots of cultural insights. I interview real people with real stories. To subscribe directly using iTunes, Click here. Links Specific links and or resources that are mentioned in this episode are: Cultural Detective; a practical approach to cultural differences. Peace and food Peace and food… Part II You can reach Anis in a couple of ways: Email: anis.bedda@gmail.com Twitter: @anisb LinkedIn: be.linkedin.com/in/anisbedda How To Get In Touch With Culture Matters I'd love for you to get in touch. There are a couple of ways you can do this: Via this website: Just use the “Ask Your Question” tab on the right of the screen and leave a voice mail Email me at chris.smit@culturematters.com Send me a Tweet: @chrissmit Finally Thank you so much for taking the time to read this far, maybe even listen to my Podcast. I hope you will be back for the next episode of the Culture Matters Podcast!

Culture Matters Podcast Welcome to the Culture Matters Podcast Introduction Episode. Build Your Cultural Competence On the Culture Matters podcast, we interview real people with real stories. Every other week there is a guest with broad international experience and lots of cultural insights. I interview real people with real stories. You will find over 200 episodes to choose from and to listen to. To subscribe directly using iTunes, Click here. Links If there were any links mentioned in this episode, they would be here. But since this is only an introduction session, there are no resources to mention. How To Get In Touch With Culture Matters I'd love for you to get in touch. There are a couple of ways you can do this: Via this website: Just use the “Ask Your Question” tab on the right of the screen and leave a voicemail Email me at chris.smit@culturematters.com Send me a Tweet: @chrissmit Finally Thank you so much for taking the time to read this far, maybe even listen to my Podcast. I hope you will be back for the first official episode where our guest will be Anis Bedda.