INTRODUCING ERIN MEYER
A GEO 18th Annual Conference Keynote Speaker
Erin Meyer is Senior Affiliate Professor in the Organisational
Behaviour Department at INSEAD and specialises in the field of
Cross-Cultural Management, Intercultural Negotiations, and
Multi-Cultural Leadership. Erin is also the Programme Director
for two INSEAD executive education programmes: Managing
Global Virtual Teams, and Management Skills for International
Business. She is also the author of The Culture Map: Breaking
Through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business. Erin’s
work focuses on how the world’s most successful leaders
navigate the complexities of cultural differences in a global
environment.
Living and working in Africa, Europe, and the United States
prompted Erin Meyer’s study of the communication patterns and business systems of different
parts of the world. Her framework allows international executives to pinpoint their leadership
preferences, and compare their methods to the management styles of other cultures. Erin has
taught thousands of executives from 5 continents to decode cross-cultural complexities
impacting their work, and to lead more effectively across these differences.
Erin has most recently published “The Culture Map: Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries
of Global Business” and has appeared on the Thinkers 50 “On the Radar” listing for 2013. In
addition she appeared in the October 2013 edition of British Airway’s magazine Business Life on
their list titled “On the Up: Ten Dons to Watch”.
Erin's business experience includes leading multi-cultural teams as the Director of Training and
Development at HBOC and as the Director of Business Operations at McKesson Corporation. In
addition Erin spent 7 years as a Country Director for Aperian Global, an internationally
positioned cross-cultural management firm. Other experience includes running a training
organization for Asian immigrants in the United States and teaching English students in
Botswana. Her clients include companies such as TNT, NovoNordisk, L’OREAL, Johnson &
Johnson, Michelin and KPMG.
Erin is an American living in Paris with her French husband and two sons.
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