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Three culture hacks to improve wasteful online meetings
Anyone with a broadband access is a global problem-solver now. People support remote work, but connected meetings have built-in flaws.

Gabor Holch
Feb 23, 20215 min read


Leaders in 2021 must be daring agents between safe havens
For leaders in business, healthcare, government, education and more, 2020 was both a dream and a nightmare. How can they do better in 2021?

Gabor Holch
Jan 23, 20216 min read


How culture makes or breaks business plans
There is no safe place to hide from culture, whatever the industry. Chinese investors approach financial risk differently from Swiss ones.

Gabor Holch
Sep 16, 20205 min read


Future-proofing your China expat management
In recent months, multinational offices in China’s first-tier cities have been beehives of activity. Minutes before our scheduled coaching s

Gabor Holch
Apr 14, 20195 min read


Expat leaders lost (and found) in cultural mazes
Most multinational executives I coach or train into newly assumed expat jobs nurture two different but related ambitions. First, they want t

Gabor Holch
Feb 26, 20195 min read


How 2019 will sharpen your leadership values
This year more than last, a global marketplace of goods, services and ideas will give you a tough part in a drama taking place on a divided

Gabor Holch
Jan 16, 20196 min read


The real DNA of great intercultural teams
“They are quite polite and indirect,” the new project manager describes her local colleagues. “When they communicate problems, you have to g

Gabor Holch
Dec 5, 20185 min read


3 Asia expat headaches that inspire cultural agility
How much responsibility do you take as an expat leader in Asia? The communal and hierarchical values that dominate the continent often cast

Gabor Holch
Jun 25, 20185 min read


Coaching leaders into cross-cultural jobs
Most firms select expat leaders based on technical competency and willingness, with an often complete disregard for personality or cultural

Gabor Holch
Mar 13, 20184 min read


Cross-cultural leadership skills are not what you think
Corporate leaders are sent abroad to get things done, but they often create more problems than they solve. Wondering why they succeed in one

Gabor Holch
Feb 26, 20185 min read


Cross-cultural teams: More in common than you think
In percentage of population, as many extroverts are born in Japan as in Brazil, but life takes them separate ways afterwards. International

Gabor Holch
Sep 18, 20173 min read
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