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Erin Meyer

Erin Meyer is an INSEAD professor and management thinker whose work centers on cross-cultural communication, leadership, and organizational culture in global business. She wrote the international bestseller The Culture Map and coauthored No Rules Rules with Reed Hastings, an instant New York Times bestseller shortlisted for the FT Book of the Year award.

Biographie et Parcours de l'Auteur

Erin Meyer built her body of work by turning cross-cultural ambiguity into something managers could see, name, and use. An American professor at INSEAD, she has described how living and working in Africa, Europe, and the United States pushed her to study the hidden patterns behind communication, trust, decision-making, and leadership across borders. Early in her career she taught English in Botswana as a Peace Corps volunteer and later worked with Asian immigrants in the United States. Before academia became her main public platform, she held management roles at McKesson and HBOC; in an early INSEAD essay, she also reflected on the leadership assumptions she had absorbed while earning her MBA. ((https://www.insead.edu/faculty/erin-meyer?utm_source=openai))

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Citations

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Real culture starts with the right people, shapes strategy and guides decisions without constraining them
-Corporate Culture Is Built on Actions, Not Words
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There are two basic types of trust: cognitive trust and affective trust
-Building Trust Across Cultures
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Managed with care, cultural diversity can become your team’s greatest asset
-Map Your Team’s Cultural Differences
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The norms of conducting international business are increasingly becoming standardised. But the behaviour of those around you is fed by cultural backgrounds
-When to Speak Up, When to Shut Up
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Anyone who’s spent time in another culture will be aware that the norms and assumptions around conducting meetings are a minefield
-Cultural Coaching: Knowing When to Shut Up
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I do believe that the value of honesty is something that we see in every country around the world
-Decoding cross-cultural communication with Erin Meyer
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Putting yourself in someone else's shoes, being curious and humble I would say are the three things that are most important when you're working internationally
-Fareed Zakaria GPS
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The first A of feedback is aim to assist
-Getting Feedback Right on Diverse Teams

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Voix de la Communauté

"Erin Meyer is an expert on how we communicate and collaborate differently around the world"

ReThinking

"This article is by Erin Meyer, a professor at INSEAD business school and the author of The Culture Map"

Forbes Leadership Forum

"Erin Meyer, author, and professor at INSEAD Business School wrote the best business book of 2020"

Shifter

"Erin Meyer is a professor at INSEAD, where she directs the executive education program Leading Across Borders and Cultures"

Harvard Business Review

"Erin Meyer, professor at INSEAD, discusses management hierarchy and decision-making across cultures"

HBR IdeaCast

"In this breakthrough book, Reed Hastings and Erin Meyer provide the answer"

Ben Horowitz

"Specialist on cross-cultural management, Erin Meyer’s evaluation of different cultures has resulted in a strategic framework"

Thinkers50

"Erin Meyer, professor at INSEAD business school, argues that long-held beliefs about culture are failing its corporate adherents"

The Gartner Talent Angle

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