Foreign to Familiar: A Guide to Understanding Hot - And Cold - Climate Cultures Author: Visit Amazon's Sarah A. Lanier Page | Language: English | ISBN:
1581580223 | Format: EPUB
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Sarah Lanier is not only a perceptive author, but she has also lived and worked cross culturally worldwide. I have observed Sarah professionally, as a teacher and consultant, on six continents. She has character, insight and experience that qualify her to share intercultural wisdom that will be live-changing for her readers. --Loren cunningham, President University of the Nations --Loren Cunningham
The "Foreign" in the title of this most-helpful book once meant people and culters "overseas". Today that has all changed. Sarah Lanier has captured the keys to understanding our own--and other's--way of doing and saying things. I guarantee that if you follow the principles in this book that the boundaries of your world view will expand. --Peter Jordon
The "Foreign" in the title of this most-helpful book once meant people and culters "overseas". Today that has all changed. Sarah Lanier has captured the keys to understanding our own--and other's--way of doing and saying things. I guarantee that if you follow the principles in this book that the boundaries of your world view will expand. --Peter Jordon
About the Author
Sarah A Lanier was born in Georgia USA and moved with her family to the Middle East at the age of nine. Since 1980 she has worked with an international and interdenominational organization and its university system. Her expertise is in the field of leadership and personnel development.
- Paperback: 128 pages
- Publisher: McDougal Publishing Company; 1st edition (October 1, 2000)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1581580223
- ISBN-13: 978-1581580228
- Product Dimensions: 7.3 x 5.6 x 0.4 inches
- Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Sarah A. Lanier, Foreign to Familiar (Hagerstown, MD: McDougal Publishing,
2000), 128pp.
In her book Foreign to Familiar, Sarah Lanier seeks to aid the reader in
cross-cultural communication and relationships by highlighting the differences
between hot- and cold-climate cultures. While these concepts are unfamiliar to
most readers, Lanier quickly introduces and defines the categories before
discussing them in detail. Having lived in the Middle East, South America, Africa,
Europe, and New Zealand, Lanier (who is American) is certainly qualified to
address the issue. The reader gets the impression while reading that this book is
the fruit of her own experiences and frequent lectures on the subject in
different settings.
According to Lanier, "the population of the entire world can roughly be
divided into two parts. The two groups represented are 'hot-climate'
(relationship-based) cultures and 'cold-climate' (task-oriented) cultures" (15-16). Lanier
recognizes there may some overlap in the two categories, and cites one unnamed
person who suggested that she use the terms "hot/tribal" and "cold/urban"
(127). She also recognizes that personalities differ within each culture (128).
The primary distinction between the two cultures is that of relational focus as
opposed to task focus. Those in the warm-climates tend to emphasize the
relationships involved between individuals while those in cold-climates focus on the
efficient performance of tasks.
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