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The Loudest Duck: Moving Beyond Diversity while Embracing Differences to Achieve Success at Work
Laura A. Liswood
ISBN: 978-0-470-48584-2
Hardcover
192 pages
November 2009
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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.