TCO - Selected reading list

SELECTED READING LIST:

Breaking Through Culture Shock

A practical book aimed at international managers with a simple but useful model - the culture shock triangle.

Coaching across cultures

Philippe Rosinski's book which links a cultural orientation framework to the practice of coaching. Ideal for managers needing to coach cross-culturally.

Doing Business with the Germans: Their Perception, Our Perception

Sylvia Schroll-Machl's insightful book on how Germans see themselves and how they are seen by other cultural groups. Filled with interesting cases and critical incidents.

I'm not crazy - I'm just not you

One of our favourites on Myers-Briggs personality types. Helps see another dimension of diversity and the potential synergies between individuals.

International Dimensions of Organizational Behavior

Nancy Adler's seminal work covering a wide range of intercultural management issues. A classic.

Leading International Teams

Sue Canney Davison and Karen Ward have put togther a practical guide which should be on the bedside of all team leaders.

Managing across Cultures

Susan Schnieder and Jean-Louis Barsoux's broad overview of cultures impact on management, teams and organisations.

Managing People across Cultures

Fons Trompenaars and Charles Hampden Turner have written a lot about cultural dimensions and cross-cultural reconciliation. This book covers HR related issues in an intercultural context.

Team Roles at Work

Meredith Belbin's work on team roles is a useful complement to work on other areas of diversity. This in our view is the best way to get a deeper insight into his model and its practical uses.

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

Patrick Lencioni's management fable is well written and (rightly in our view) places trust at the based of a five stage pyramid for building succesful teams.

Trust: The best way to manage

Reinhard Sprenger's book on trust is aimed at the busy manager in an excellent translation from the original German. He puts forward a convincing case to increase productivity in today's workplace through developing trust.

Virtual Teams That Work: Creating Conditions for Virtual Team Effectiveness

Edited by Cristina Gibson this in our view is the most valuable book on virtual team work we have read. Based on cases and qualitative research it gives some very practical advice based on hard evidence.

WATCHING THE ENGLISH

Kate Fox's recent book on the 'hidden rules of English behaviour' is now a best seller in the UK. Can be a useful guide to anyone who lives or works in England reguarly.

You just don't understand

Deborah Tannen's bestselling study of men and women in conversation. Great insights from this applied linguist into the why cross-cultural btreakdowns between men and women occur.