• Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions – 3. Masculinity vs. Femininity

    Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions – 3. Masculinity vs. Femininity

    When it comes to working with different cultures in our workplaces, it can be very useful to be aware of the cultural differences we might encounter with. I believe that the cultural dimensions’ concept from Hofstede provides a great help to all of us. I have already written about the first two dimensions, the Power… Read more

  • Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions – 2. Individualism vs. Collectivism

    Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions – 2. Individualism vs. Collectivism

    In my previous article I wrote about the very first of Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions, the Power Distance. Now, we have arrived to the second one, the Individualism vs. Collectivism (IDV). This dimension measures how many members of a culture define themselves apart from their group memberships. In general, in individualist cultures people are expected to… Read more

  • Rising Through Resilience: Savio P. Clemente’s interview with Dóri Padla On The Five Things You Can Do To Become More Resilient During Turbulent Times

    Rising Through Resilience: Savio P. Clemente’s interview with Dóri Padla On The Five Things You Can Do To Become More Resilient During Turbulent Times

    Recently I had the pleasure of talking about my thoughts on the topic of resilience with Savio P. Clemente, in an interview he did with me. Savio is a wellness coach, podcaster and writer, founder of The Human Resolve LLC, living in Westchester County, New York, US. Below, you can read the the interview, published in… Read more

  • Low & high Power Distance mismatches at the workplace

    Low & high Power Distance mismatches at the workplace

    In my previous article I wrote about Hofstede’s first cultural dimension, the Power Distance (PDI). “As a definition, we can say that Power Distance (PDI) is the extent to which the less powerful members of institutions and organisations accept that power is distributed unequally. It doesn’t measure the culture’s objective, “real” power distribution, but rather… Read more

  • Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions – 1. Power Distance

    Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions – 1. Power Distance

    Many companies are becoming more and more global these days. There are colleagues working together from even very far ends of the world, coming from very different cultures. Even though with respect and attention most of the cultural differences can be taken into consideration, it is absolutely worth to speak more in details about how… Read more

  • Bearing stress – why is it easier for some people than for others?

    Bearing stress – why is it easier for some people than for others?

    We can say that stress is definitely part of the today’s modern life – unfortunately. However, we can see big differences in the stress bearing capability of the people. Some are heavily impacted even by the smallest impulse, some can take in a lot. Some people don’t even notice that they are living in constant… Read more