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I recently had the opportunity to make a close comparison in leadership needs between two nations that operate on completely different levels: the USA and Suriname, in South America. In many regards, it would seem as if these two nations reside on different planets. Yet, at the conclusion of a keynote speech I was conducting in Suriname, I was bombarded with questions that revealed to me just how much commonalities there are in leadership needs, regardless of development, size, or operation levels of any society.
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When a complex, messy, misunderstood buzzword like “culture” has become an issue, you need to look in unusual places for perspective. One place is the word itself. If we unpack what “culture” means, we gain can a better handle on how to shape and solidify genuine cultures.