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From Misunderstanding to Mastery: Four Dimensions to Transform Your Cross Cultural Leadership

Let's Grow Leaders

In my culture, when someone offers you a favor or food, you decline. Reduced Innovation and Creativity A failure to address cross-cultural leadership challenges stifles the creative potential of a team. They offer again, you decline. They offer again, and then it is polite to accept. Politely say “no”?

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Blogs without topics are a waste of time | Penelope Trunk's Brazen.

Penelope Trunk

I've had three themed blogs: my personal blog on myself, a food/retail blog, and a technology/business blog. Your post gave me some food for thought. I have many interests, but most of them revolve around creativity of some kind – writing, storytelling, painting and music. Trunk's blog. Sorry to nit-pick.

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How to be more creative at work | Penelope Trunk's Brazen Careerist

Penelope Trunk

So we’d hang out in my bagel shop, usually with way too much food on our plates because I was bulimic and she was a hoarder, and the food was free. ." I think you were overly-generous with Portnoy, but I get your point: contrast makes everything more interesting and fueled with creative potential.