141: Peter Kozodoy on How Honesty Can Help Your Business

Peter Kozodoy About This Week's Guest Peter Kozodoy Peter Kozodoy is a TEDx speaker, author of Honest to Greatness: How Today's Greatest Leaders Use Brutal Honesty to Achieve Massive Success, and serial entrepreneur, currently serving as the CEO of Stradeso and the Partner/Chief Strategy Officer of GEM Advertising. Peter’s largest business has appeared on the Inc 5000 list of fastest-growing companies in America, and his articles on business, leadership, and entrepreneurship have appeared in Inc., Forbes, The Huffington Post, and more. He holds a BA in Economics from Brandeis University and an MBA from Columbia Business School. "Tackle the sensitive items first before you start negotiating." His tips on becoming more culturally competent are: * Understand what bothers you; study your own psychology and be the Bigger Person. * Try to be honest when you're observing others (think of body language and voice intonation). * Try as best as you can and not succumb to e.g. Social Media interpretations and news items; do your own research. Links mentioned in this episode are: * Website: https://peterkozodoy.com/ * LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peterkozodoy/ An article about how to "behave" in an international environment can be found here. Culture Matters   The Culture Matters Podcast on International Business & Management Podcast Build your Cultural Competence, listen to interesting stories, learn about the cultural pitfalls and how to avoid them, get the Global perspective here at the Culture Matters podcast on International Business. We help you understand Cultural Diversity better by interviewing real people with real experiences. Every episode there is an interview with a prominent guest, who will tell his or her story and share international experiences. Helping you develop your cultural competence. Welcome to this culture podcast and management podcast. To Subscribe to this Management Podcast, Click here. The Culture Matters Culture Podcast. Available on iTunes and Stitcher Radio Click here to get the podcast on Spotify Talk to your Amazon Alexa and listen to the Podcast