Four independent research frameworks. One view of any country pair. Built for executives and coaches who need more than instinct when leading across cultures.
Most cross-cultural tools give you one data source. The Compass combines four independent academic frameworks into a single analysis — showing you where they agree, where they diverge, and what that convergence means for your day-to-day leadership.
Select any two countries from 40+ in the dataset. All four frameworks update simultaneously. Gaps are ranked by magnitude and flagged by severity.
The Convergence tab identifies the themes where multiple frameworks independently confirm the same gap — the highest-confidence coaching signals.
11 practical leadership dimensions — from chairing meetings to building trust — analysed through the specific gap profile of your country pair.
Each framework tab generates a clean, client-ready PDF with the radar profile, bar charts and gap analysis. The full 11-dimension report is available for purchase.
Each framework captures different facets of cultural difference. Together they eliminate the blind spots of any single model.
The most cited cross-cultural framework in management research. Six dimensions validated across 80+ countries between 1967 and 2010.
62 societies. Nine societal practice dimensions. Unique because it measures both current practices and desired values — and links directly to leadership effectiveness.
Wave 7 data (2017–2022) from 87 countries. The Inglehart-Welzel Cultural Map measures the deepest layer of cultural values — what people believe, not just how they behave.
Four dimensions capture cultural variation at the societal level. ESS-validated specifically for European contexts. Includes dimensions with no Hofstede or GLOBE equivalent.
Country scores are national averages — calibration tools, not personality labels. The Compass is designed for people who need actionable insight, fast.
Two of Europe's largest economies, frequent trading partners, and regular collaborators — yet the cultural gap is far deeper than geography suggests.
The full cross-cultural leadership report covers every dimension of professional life in your country pair — from how trust is built to how meetings should be chaired. Written in the second person, calibrated to your role and situation.
The Cross-Cultural Leadership Compass grew out of 35+ years of management experience and 20+ years as a leadership coach — including a decade as a project portfolio director at ASML, one of the world’s most operationally complex international organisations.
The Compass is the tool I wished had existed when I was navigating cultural complexity on the ground. It is not a substitute for genuine curiosity and human relationship-building — it is the analytical foundation that makes both more effective.
— Jan Salomons
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