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Hard work is irrelevant. Be radically honest. Adequate performance gets a generous severance. And never, ever try to please your boss. These are some of the ground rules if you work at Netflix. They are part of a unique cultural experiment that explains how the company has transformed itself at lightning speed from a DVD mail-order service into a streaming superpower - with 125 million fervent subscribers and a market capitalisation bigger than Disney. Finally Reed Hastings, Netflix chairman and CEO, is sharing the secrets that have revolutionised the entertainment and tech industries.

Americans precede anything negative with three nice comments; French, Dutch, Israelis, and Germans get straight to the point; Latin Americans and Asians are steeped in hierarchy; Scandinavians think the best boss is just one of the crowd. It's no surprise that when they try and talk to each other, chaos breaks out. In The Culture Map, INSEAD professor Erin Meyer is your guide through this subtle, sometimes treacherous terrain in which people from starkly different backgrounds are expected to work harmoniously together.  

This book will inspire you to: control the negotiation before you enter the room; persuade others to do what you want - for their own reasons; manage emotions on both sides of the table; understand the rules of negotiating across cultures; set the stage for a healthy relationship long after the ink has dried; and identify what you can live with and when to walk away.

Cultural differences in leadership styles often create unexpected misunderstandings. Americans, for example, are used to thinking of the Japanese as hierarchical while considering themselves egalitarian. Yet the Japanese find Americans confusing to deal with. Although American bosses are outwardly egalitarian—encouraging subordinates to use first names and to speak up in meetings—they seem to the Japanese to be extremely autocratic in the way they make decisions.

Die ungekürzte Lesung zur Netflix-Unternehmenstrategie. Netflix ist eines der erfolgreichsten Unternehmen der Welt und wird für seine Innovationskraft, Flexibilität, Geschwindigkeit und seinen unternehmerischen Mut bewundert. Gibt es dahinter ein Geheimnis? Außergewöhnlich sind vor allem die Unternehmensleitlinien, die für alle Mitarbeiter der Maßstab ihrer Arbeit sind. Hier einige Beispiele: Harte Arbeit ist irrelevant. Niemand soll seinem Chef nach dem Mund reden. Jeder Mitarbeiter kann so viele Urlaubstage nehmen, wie er möchte. Netflix zahlt die besten Gehälter.