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HOW TO LEAD A MULTI-CULTURAL TEAM?
Advisor:
Jacques Ferrière
Ex-Chairman & CEO
Unilever Vietnam
Timing:
The discussion is open from 09-09-2011 to 29-09-2011
The advisor answered on 25-09-2011
What is your biggest challenge when leading the multiculural team ? Is it lanaguage barrier or informal rules ?
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- Jacques Ferrière1316679878
The biggest cultural challenge would be related to what some would call the "silent language": the language of reference within the company is English, and all managers are proficient at it. But do the same words have the same meaning across cultures? Do they "resonate" emotionally in the same way? How do they translate in terms of concrete actions, on issues of corporate conduct, accountability and responsibility? The leadership team has to make sure that everybody has the same understanding and practice of corporate policies and of the companies code of business conduct. This is a permanent challenge.
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In Project Management point of view, the answer will be languages barrier, nowadays every company have their own SOP (Standard Operating Procedure) setup, so it is not because of informal rules.
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