John is a UK manager who has been tasked to lead a team on a new and exciting project, starting in September

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John is a UK manager who has been tasked to lead a team on a new and exciting project, starting in September. Team members?are located in?Australia, Malaysia and the UAE (Abu Dhabi). The team is quite diverse, with colleagues from India, Germany, the US and Poland. John is preparing thoroughly to lead this new team. He consults the relevant cultural guides for expats and notes down the characteristics of each culture, trying to anticipate the cultural issues that may arise in managing this team. He?learns?that Polish and German employees don't like small talk, as opposed to Americans, and that employees from India are used to hierarchies and transactional, top-down leadership styles.?On the basis of?this information, he is planning his first Skype meeting with them in August, and he is going to set the rules early on, give everyone precise instructions and monitor the project's development closely. He has already set out the targets and deadlines and plans on sticking to them strictly to ensure consistency.  

Do you think John's approach will be successful? What advice would you give John for his August meeting, and in preparing to manage the new team?