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Social
Read a Colleague's Culture via Hofstede
Before meeting a colleague from a new culture, read his country's 6 Hofstede dimensions.
Leadership
Psychological Safety Address
Write a speech or message declaring your commitment to a fail-safe environment.
Administrative
Build Blameless Culture
Error defined as system problem not person — unlocks honest info without fear.
Leadership
Culture Map for Global Teams (Meyer)
8 cultural scales (communicating, evaluating, persuading, leading, deciding, trusting, disagreeing, scheduling) to understand why your global team clashes.
Social
Reading Silence Across Cultures
Before reading a colleague's silence in a meeting, ask: is it thinking, respect, or deferred refusal?
Administrative
Recurring Meeting Purge
Per recurring meeting: "does it produce decision/action?" — if no, kill it.
Administrative
Zero-Based Meeting Audit
Delete every recurring meeting from the calendar, and re-add only what its owner justifies in writing.
Leadership
Sunk Cost Culture Audit
Identify projects team continues because "we invested" not because they deserve it.
Leadership
Whistleblower-Safe Culture Building
Test your confidential reporting channel yourself (not just theoretically) — is it actually anonymous, and did it respond the last time it was used?
Parenting
Financial Literacy Conversation for Teens
Teach your teen budgeting and saving through real money and real decisions, not a theoretical lecture.
Social
Tune Your Talk-Ratio
In direct Anglo cultures, talk 60%/listen 40%; in East-Asian, reverse it.
Leadership
Working Agreement
5-7 detailed rules for daily team operations (meetings, replies, vacations, decisions).
Administrative
No-Agenda-No-Meeting Rule
Refuse to attend or hold any meeting whose agenda did not arrive 24 hours prior, no exceptions.
Administrative
Plus-Delta Retro in the Last Two Minutes
End every meeting with: what worked (+) and what we change next time (Δ).
Leadership
Auditing Who Speaks in Meetings
Track for three consecutive meetings: who spoke, for how long, and how often they were interrupted — hidden patterns show in numbers, not impressions.
Social
Master the Pronunciation of a Colleague's Name
Invest five minutes to say a foreign colleague's name correctly — the highest return per minute in workplace relationships.
Leadership
Designing 3 Team Rituals
Simple recurring rituals build culture more than statements. Design 3: daily, weekly, monthly.
Administrative
No-Meeting Day
Reserve a full weekday for deep work and protect it like an unmissable doctor's appointment.
Leadership
Silent Presence Training
In a meeting, learn to listen 80% and speak 20%. Leader's authority grows in silence, not words.
Social
Direct vs Indirect: The Request Matrix
Before asking a high-context colleague for something, reshape your direct ask into a polite hint.
Leadership
Context, Not Control (Netflix)
Instead of directing reports, give them full context to decide confidently themselves. You do this as leader.
Leadership
Language of Inclusion: 10 Daily Swaps
Your small leader words exclude or include. 10 simple swaps shift your team's culture in 60 days.
Parenting
Weekly Family Meeting
A 20-min weekly family meeting with fixed agenda: gratitude, problems, plan-the-week.
Professional
Public Appreciation Post
Monthly, publicly post appreciation of someone in your team with specific details on LinkedIn or Slack.
Leadership
Team Values Dialogue
A frank 1-hour discussion: what 5 values do we want to work by, and what behaviors express them?
Social
Adapt Your Critique Style
French/Dutch tolerate direct critique; East-Asian needs it wrapped.
Administrative
"No Agenda, No Meeting" Rule
Decline any meeting without a written agenda — politely cancel and request one.
Administrative
The Andon Cord: Everyone's Stop Authority
Give every employee the right to halt the process instantly upon spotting a defect, without waiting for manager approval.
Professional
Ideal Week Planning
Draw ideal week before others fill it.
Professional
Strategic-Operational Balance
1 strategic / 10 operational.
Professional
Do-Not-Disturb Signal
Visual sign on desk telling others you're in focus.
Professional
1-on-1 Agenda Ownership
Don't let manager set 1-on-1 agenda — send 3 points one hour before meeting.
Professional
Opportunity Cost Audit
For each "yes" this week, write the implicit "no" that came with it.
Social
Five-Layer Boundary Map
Map your boundaries across five layers (physical, emotional, time, material, digital) on a single page.
Social
Broken Record for Repeated Pressure
Repeat the same refusal in the same words calmly, no matter how the other person reshapes the pressure.
Social
The Apology-Free No
Say no in three sentences: thanks, refusal, closing — with no "sorry" or justification.
Social
The Ready-No Sentence
Memorize one 7-word refusal sentence and rehearse it until it emerges automatically under pressure.
Social
Identify Your Third Place
Identify a place that is not home or work where you return weekly, to belong to a real community.
Social
Broken Record
When pressured to retract, repeat request calmly same words — don't explain more.
Social
No Without Apology
Say "no, I can't" — complete sentence. No explanation, no apology.
Social
Verify a Cultural "Yes"
In some cultures "yes" means "I heard", not "I agree" — ask explicitly.
Social
"Tell Me About X in Your Culture"
A magic question to thaw cold collegiality: "Tell me about [event/food/custom] in your culture".
Social
Rescue a Dead Meeting
Turn a dead meeting productive with three GROW questions and one clear decision.
Social
Weekly Family Meeting
Create a 30-min weekly family meeting with fixed agenda: gratitude, challenge, plan.
Social
Cross-Cultural Gift-Giving Rules
Before gifting a foreign colleague, check 3 common cultural pitfalls that could turn it into an insult.
Administrative
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Silent Reading Meeting Start
Open the meeting with five minutes of silent reading of a written memo instead of slides.
Administrative
Five Whys for Every Recurring Problem
Don't treat symptoms. Ask why five times to reach the root cause.
Administrative
Morning Huddle
Open each day with 10 minutes standing: each person's top priority today and any blockers.
Administrative
7-Question Delegation Brief
Before any delegation, answer 7 questions in writing — send them with the handover.
Administrative
Anti-Reverse-Delegation Card
When an employee returns with a delegated problem, don't take it — return it with two questions.
Administrative
"You Decide" List for New Hires
On day one, hand the new hire a list of 15 decisions they make alone without consulting you.
Administrative
Zero-Based Weekly Calendar
Empty next week's calendar entirely, then add back only what truly deserves a slot.
Administrative
Kotter's 8 Stages of Change
Every successful change passes 8 steps in order — skipping any = likely failure.
Administrative
Amazon-Style Weekly Business Review
Weekly: 30-min silent reading of 6-pager data, then sharp discussion.
Leadership
Reversible vs Irreversible Doors
Distinguish decisions you can reverse cheaply from those you can't — then treat them differently.
Leadership
Devil's Advocate
Designate one person — or take the role yourself — as official critic before approving any major decision.
Leadership
5 Dysfunctions of a Team Audit (Lencioni)
Audit your team across five layered levels: trust, conflict, commitment, accountability, results.
Leadership
Psychological Safety Check (Edmondson)
Measure with 7 questions whether your team feels safe to tell truths, ask questions, admit mistakes.
Leadership
One-Team-One-Dream Session
A 3-hour session that breaks silos between teams and unites them around a goal larger than their own department.
Leadership
Stop-Doing List
Instead of a "start-doing" list, build a "stop-doing" list: what activities to cease to free energy for the most important?