Before meeting a colleague from a new culture, read his country's 6 Hofstede dimensions.

Seven elements that turn a confused request into a clear respectful message that can be refused without breaking the relationship.

Write four sentences: Describe the behavior, Express the impact, Specify the change, Consequences.

Invest five minutes to say a foreign colleague's name correctly — the highest return per minute in workplace relationships.

If your idea is publicly credited to another, correct the record with three friendly specific sentences immediately.

When given work outside your scope, use "to do X, we must defer Y".

Anonymously ask Edmondson's three questions to score your team's psychological safety.

Prep your 1-on-1 with SBI + GROW: situation, behavior, impact, then open GROW questions.

Deliver specific SBI feedback to a peer within 48 hours of the event.

Turn a dead meeting productive with three GROW questions and one clear decision.

Convert mutual critique into a two-way SBI meeting with 5-whys for root cause.

Set a boundary when office gossip starts: "I prefer not to talk about him absent — let's ask him".

Write a specific SBI thank-you to one colleague every day for two weeks.

Set explicit working hours and broadcast them in your email signature.

Co-create a remote-team charter defining overlap hours, channels, and reply SLA.

Sign a civility pact with your team: no interrupting, no sarcasm, no replying angry.

Count how many times you "performed" a smile or enthusiasm you didn't actually feel at work today.

For every group decision: 3 minutes of silent individual writing before any discussion.

Sort, set in order, shine, standardize, sustain — visual organization that cuts search time.

8 cultural scales (communicating, evaluating, persuading, leading, deciding, trusting, disagreeing, scheduling) to understand why your global team clashes.

Your small leader words exclude or include. 10 simple swaps shift your team's culture in 60 days.

In few-shot, deliberate variety (positive/negative/edge case) matters more than count.

Explicitly state your expected response times (not instant) in your signature or status, protecting your time and ending "why hasn't he replied" anxiety.