The Loudest Duck: Moving Beyond Diversity While Embracing Differences to Achieve Success at Work

  • 2h 14m
  • Laura Liswood
  • John Wiley & Sons (US)
  • 2010

Written in an accessible style, The Loudest Duck is a business fable that offers an alternate view of a multicultural workplace through the use of practical stories and cultural anecdotes. For instance, the Chinese teach their children, "The loudest duck gets shot," a viewpoint that gets carried into adulthood, while many Americans are taught, "The squeaky wheel gets the grease." As a result, you find two distinct ways of doing business, neither one being necessarily the right or better way. By understanding others' viewpoint, you can understand how better to work with them.

In this Book

  • The Loudest Duck—Moving Beyond Diversity While Embracing Differences to Achieve Success at Work
  • Introduction
  • Beware of Noah’s Ark
  • The Elephant and the Mouse
  • Tell Your Grandma to Go Home
  • What’s Easy for You Is Hard for Me and How to Navigate the Differences
  • Unwritten Rules
  • We Hire for Difference and Fire Because They Are Not the Same
  • The Tools in Your Toolbox
  • References