Leadership and People Management
Why It Pays Off to Be Fluent in a Multinational Team’s Official Language
Multinational teams come in many different forms, from diverse teams in club football to musical ensembles, product development teams, or engineering and consulting teams. Many professionals collaborate in such multinational teams, me included, which means that they need to agree on a common language to be able to converse and get work done. Most multinational teams…
Leadership and People Management
Plug in, Ponder or Pause? Dealing with Major Disruptions to Our Work
In 2019, I was fortunate enough to receive funding from IESE’s High Impact research initiative to study how global professionals manage their work. So I teamed up with Maïlys George as both of us have been fascinated by cross-cultural experiences, and especially how individuals manage their work and nonwork lives across borders. Our focus was…
Leadership and People Management
Is DEI Coming of Age?
As Mahatma Gandhi supposedly said, “First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.” A good sign that an initiative or social movement is receiving the attention it deserves is when it has to deal with relevant public resistance. And this is exactly what has been happening to…