“Our American team-lead gets involved too early and too deeply in resolving conflicts amongst us colleagues in the team. He does not handle the situations in a neutral, moderating way. Does this have to do with his individual leadership style or is this simply the American approach?”
Escalate so quickly
“Why do our American colleagues escalate a team-internal conflict so quickly up to our team-lead? Why don’t they show a little patience with resolving the problems among ourselves?
On being right
“In our interactions with German colleagues we Americans get the impression that they always have to be right. Why in Germany is there such a focus on being right?”