{"id":802,"date":"2017-12-04T15:45:44","date_gmt":"2017-12-04T13:45:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.untoldcolors.com\/en\/?p=802"},"modified":"2025-06-17T11:25:29","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T09:25:29","slug":"leadership-is-about-integrating-opposites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.untoldcolors.com\/en\/leadership-is-about-integrating-opposites\/","title":{"rendered":"Leadership is about integrating opposites"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve created a short video teaser with some highlights from my recent interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fons_Trompenaars\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prof. Fons Trompenaars<\/a>, the acclaimed management guru and author of the classic book <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.de\/Riding-Waves-Culture-Understanding-Diversity\/dp\/1904838383\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1512393844&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=riding+the+waves+of+culture\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00bbRiding the Waves of Culture\u00ab<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Fons Trompenaars is well-known throughout the world for his ground-breaking work on the subject of management across cultures and business transformation.<\/p>\n<p>In his typical entertaining and thought-provoking way he shares applicable insights into topics such as sustainable servant leadership, agile organizations, dilemma reconciliation and innovation.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>He raises questions like<\/p>\n<p><em>Is there a leadership model that can deal effectively with multicultural teams?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>If we go to Mars, what kind of culture can we create?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/jancdaniel\/fonstrompenaarsteaser\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to watch the video.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The interview was made possible with the support of Achim Dunker, cameraman, director and author of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.de\/Portrait-Lighting-Photo-Cinema-Aufbauten\/dp\/3000532110\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1512393977&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=Portrait+Lighting+for+Photo%2C+TV+and+Cinema\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00bbPortrait Lighting for Photo, TV and Cinema\u00ab<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.de\/chinesische-Sonne-scheint-immer-unten\u00ab\/dp\/3744505588\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1512394026&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=Die+chinesische+Sonne+scheint+immer+von+unten\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00bbDie chinesische Sonne scheint immer von unten\u00ab<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.achimdunker.de\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.achimdunker.de<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Special thanks to Phyllis Stewart from THT Consulting and Lianne Laumen, APG Asset Management.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve created a short video teaser with some highlights from my recent interview with Prof. Fons Trompenaars, the acclaimed management guru and author of the classic book \u00bbRiding the Waves of Culture\u00ab. 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