by Chris Smit | Oct 17, 2019 | General
Cross-Cultural Coaching; What Is It? Cross-cultural coaching or cross-cultural distance coaching entails coaching you and making you more culturally competent. In this fast-changing and fast-internationalizing world people skills are essential to survive and do the... by Chris Smit | Sep 2, 2019 | General
Being an Expat: How to Stay HealthyWith approximately 57 million expatriates living across the globe, each country provides a unique work-life balance for those looking for a new cultural perspective on life. Moving and working in another country and being an expat,... by Chris Smit | Jul 5, 2016 | General, Podcast
Hi all, It’s that time of the year again: Summer + Holidays. That means that for the months July and August there will be no posts on the Culture Matters website. I wish you a fantastic Summer and look forward to seeing you back in... by Richard Hill | Jan 6, 2015 | General
Driving up through the Ostkantone on the motorway to Aachen (Germany) prepares you for what lies ahead. There is an orderliness about the architecture that contrasts starkly with the anarchy you are leaving behind in Belgium. In my book We Europeans I dwelt on two... by Chris Smit | Oct 31, 2014 | General
Books About Cultural Differences Very often during my workshops and lectures, I get people asking me afterward where they can read more on the subject of Intercultural Differences and where they can find good books about cultural differences. Usually I point them to... by Chris Smit | Mar 27, 2014 | General, Power Distance, Video
Hierarchy Differences account for the majority of cultural differences in the world. The word “Hierarchy” comes from the Greek hierarkhia, “rule of a high priest”, from hierarkhes, “president of sacred rites”. Read more about its...