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Bridge the Culture Gaps
A Toolkit For Effective Collaboration In The Diverse, Global Workplace
Robert Gibson(0)
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The highly practical self-help guide to optimize the performance of individuals working in an intercultural environment.
Readers will learn how to mitigate unconscious bias to create inclusive organizations and how to use key cultural dimensions to communicate and cooperate in intercultural teams. Addressing the unique challenges of influencing across cultures and managing international projects, this is an indispensable toolkit for a key competence in business.
Bridge The Culture Gaps provides readers with a framework for developing key skills essential for effective global collaboration in the VUCA world. These include reflecting on experience, understanding the nature and impact of culture and the importance of diversity for business success. Readers learn how to mitigate unconscious bias to create inclusive organizations, and to use key cultural dimensions to communicate and cooperate in intercultural teams. It addresses the challenges of leading diverse teams, influencing across cultures and managing international transformation projects, as well as making international assignments successful.
Robert Gibson is a leading interculturalist trainer and public speaker on the subject pf intercultural competence development in business and education. He was responsible for intercultural training for individuals, teams and business units in Siemens AG for 18 years where latterly his focus was on developing and implementing programs to mitigate the impact of unconscious bias and promote inclusion in international companies. He is former Vice-President of the Society for Intercultural Education, Training and Research (SIETAR Europa).
He is a Visiting Professor at the Business School of the University of Bologna, teaching Cross-Cultural Management on Global MBA and MA programs. His numerous publications include 'Intercultural Business Communication' (OUP) and over 70 articles on intercultural issues for the magazine 'Business Spotlight'.
Readers will learn how to mitigate unconscious bias to create inclusive organizations and how to use key cultural dimensions to communicate and cooperate in intercultural teams. Addressing the unique challenges of influencing across cultures and managing international projects, this is an indispensable toolkit for a key competence in business.
Bridge The Culture Gaps provides readers with a framework for developing key skills essential for effective global collaboration in the VUCA world. These include reflecting on experience, understanding the nature and impact of culture and the importance of diversity for business success. Readers learn how to mitigate unconscious bias to create inclusive organizations, and to use key cultural dimensions to communicate and cooperate in intercultural teams. It addresses the challenges of leading diverse teams, influencing across cultures and managing international transformation projects, as well as making international assignments successful.
Robert Gibson is a leading interculturalist trainer and public speaker on the subject pf intercultural competence development in business and education. He was responsible for intercultural training for individuals, teams and business units in Siemens AG for 18 years where latterly his focus was on developing and implementing programs to mitigate the impact of unconscious bias and promote inclusion in international companies. He is former Vice-President of the Society for Intercultural Education, Training and Research (SIETAR Europa).
He is a Visiting Professor at the Business School of the University of Bologna, teaching Cross-Cultural Management on Global MBA and MA programs. His numerous publications include 'Intercultural Business Communication' (OUP) and over 70 articles on intercultural issues for the magazine 'Business Spotlight'.