“The Culture Map": A Powerful Tool For Understanding Cultural Diversity & Getting The Best Out Of It For Your Organization.

Navigate cultural differences with Erin Meyer's Culture Map, combining global insights and practical tools through theory, group work and simulations.

"THE CULTURE MAP"
A POWERFUL TOOL FOR UNDERSTANDING CULTURAL DIVERSITY
AND GETTING THE BEST OUT OF IT FOR YOUR ORGANIZATION

Date : February 16, 2025 (Mon) | Time: 1:30PM - 5PM

Language: English

In today’s globalized workplace, business success depends on your ability to navigate cultural differences with accuracy and confidence.

This goes beyond language and beyond goodwill. Misunderstandings happen, and they can be costly.

Using INSEAD Professor Erin Meyer’s Culture Map, a field-tested model for decoding how cultural differences shape international work, this session helps you understand how and why people from other cultures think and act the way they do.

The focus goes beyond France and Japan, with insights that also include China, Korea, the US, and diverse European countries.
 

What you will learn

• How cultural differences impact international work life, using the Culture Map framework

• How to combine a smart analytical model with practical, actionable advice

• How to learn through a mix of theoretical explanations, group work, and simulations

Target Audience

• Expatriates recently assigned to a managerial position in Japan.
• Japanese executives working for a foreign owned company and who want to understand better how people think at the Head Office.
•  Japanese employees working for a non-Japanese manager.
• Regional APAC leaders who need to grasp the cognitive and behavioral logic of their overseas colleagues or clients.
• Anyone curious about culture, with a strong desire to learn something new that will help them in their daily life at work and with friends.

TRAINER

François-Xavier LIENHART, 59, was born in Alsace, at the frontier between France, Germany, and Switzerland. He has lived and worked in significant managerial positions on three continents and four countries including France, the UK, Brazil and Japan. He has studied, lived and worked in Japan for more than 23 years, occupying leadership positions in the manufacturing sector for French and Japanese multinational companies. 
He currently sits on the Board of a Japanese listed company, and is a certified Executive and Team Coach from INSEAD.
He acts as Erin Meyer's representative based in Japan, and intervenes in her programs at INSEAD as "Japan witness guest speaker".
He is passionate about helping people get better at what they do and succeed at work, from MBA students to Board members.

CONTACT

Alice Frantz - Learning & Development Manager
a.frantz@ccifj.or.jp

Speaker(s)

François-Xavier LIENHARTExecutive Coach

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