Part 1: The Trompenaars Hampden-Turner Approach
In this first section. Dr. Trompenaars explains the basic principles of the Trompenaars Hampden-Turner approach to dealing with cultural differences in business. He discusses the ‘4Rs’ (Recognition, Respect, Reconciliation and Realization), and how following these steps can improve our ability to understand why cultures communicate differently and how the dilemmas we face can be overcome.
The Noel Strengths Academy defines it this way:
• Those with the strengths of humor like to laugh, tease, joke but not in ways harmful to others
• Brings smiles to other people’s faces
• Are able to seeing the lighter side of difficult issues
• Can laugh at themselves; don’t take themselves too seriously
• Playful
Appreciation of Beauty and Excellence [awe, wonder, elevation]: Noticing and appreciating beauty, excellence, and/or skilled performance in various domains of life, from nature to art to mathematics to science to everyday experience. Personified for example by Walt Whitman (Source: VIA Institue)
The Noel Strengths Academy defines it this way:
• Lives with a sense of awe
• Notices beauty wherever it may be found
• Appreciates excellence across the domains of life including the arts, math, science, etc.
• Has a sense of awareness when in nature
• Pursues wonder in everyday experience
The Noel Strengths Academy defines it this way:
• When one is self-regulated, one is practicing self-control
• Self-regulation involves both feelings and actions
• Intentional in aligning choices with practices
• Able to discipline one’s natural inclinations for what is proper for the time and place
