๐๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐บ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐น๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐.
Ana, born in Germany, took on an executive management role in The Netherlands.
Ana had plenty of experience leading big teams and working in an international environment.
She felt confident that she will book results for the business and smoothen the relationship between the German HQ and the Dutch organization.
But as much as she has confidence in herself, ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ธ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ.
”๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ‘๐ธ๐ข๐บ’ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ท๐ฐ๐ญ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ.
๐ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ฆ๐น๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ญ๐บ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ. ๐๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ช๐ต – ๐ช๐ต ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด”
Ana came prepared to the Netherlands. She knew The Dutch were direct, appreciate a good discussion and value efficiency.
๐๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ป๐ผ ๐ฐ๐น๐๐ฒ ๐ต๐ผ๐ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐๐ป ๐ฐ๐๐น๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐๐น๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐. Ana grew up in Germany, which is where she developed her believes of what good leadership means to her.
Germans are more comfortable with hierarchy compared to the Dutch.
The Dutch are more focused on the implementation and actions, instead of understanding the theory.
Ana studied and invested time in learning about the Dutch culture.
But she was clueless on how her German cultural background played a part in how she would perceive the Dutch.
You can read 100 books and take several courses to prepare yourself on how to deal with 1 specific culture.
But those will never say something about ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ฅ cultural perception and how ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ will perceive others.
Or how you are perceived by someone from another cultural background.
๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฏ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ฐ๐๐น๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ด๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐?
With me, you don’t learn the do’s and don’ts of 1 specific culture.
With me you learn how to lead in a global economy.
