Archive for January, 2012
In The 10 Rules of Sam Walton: Success Secrets for Remarkable Results by Michael Bergdahl and Rob Walton, they detail how Sam Walton hired ordinary people with little experience and the right attitude and got stunning success all the way up to top levels of the company. He understood what great leaders understand. Who a […]
Continue Reading →Being in China, we need to deal with the good and bad of this culture as a basis to work from to form our own compamy culture. However, we can develop your China company culture right with good thinking and work. Many have noted that Chinese people tend to respond poorly to correction. If you […]
Continue Reading →Culture is, according to one definition in Merriam Webster, the customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits of a racial, religious, or social group; also : the characteristic features of everyday existence shared by people in a place or time. So What is Chinese Culture? First, what are the problems in the U.S. culture? Pride, […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Rich at All Roads Lead to China noted an article called Truth Without Tears by Frank Gallo. Both articles have good insight and are worth a read. I especially liked what Rich said. They talk about a senior Expat correcting a junior Chinese person and how this devastated the Chinese person. I side with Rich […]
Continue Reading →We have just formed and set up the group. We wanted you to know that we want to hear from you enough that we have formed a group at LinkedIn to get the discussion going more. Take a look and join to get this going. Hope you are glad to further enter the fray for China, Business, […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Let me quote from an article that has the leadership thinking that is right on the mark. You can find the whole article here at fastcompany.com. The article’s name is “Culture Eats Strategy For Lunch,” and I so agree. Quote is below: A vibrant culture is organic and evolving. It is fueled and inspired by […]
Continue Reading →A fellow Western GM who was new as GM in China told me, “Jim, they tell me calmly and clearly Yes and mean No and tell me No and mean Yes?!” Ah, yes, any of us who have been here several months has faced this scenario. We may at times throw our hands up in […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →I often criticize the U.S. I can see problems in the States and especially from my vantage in China. However, I find that I hate it when my Chinese friends criticize the U.S. I am not fully sure why, but I dislike it. I also notice that my Chinese friends criticise China just like I might […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →First, Happy Chinese New Year to all, Rich at All Roads Lead to China gives a stat that is my reason for not worrying about any present bubble in the Chinese property market. He notes that China is 52% urban. The U.S. is about 97% urban. That is a big gap. China will track this […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →This is a much more complicated question than yes or no. First, let me quote the very insightful Foreign Entrepreneurs in China in point nine of her 22 point JV survival guide.“9. Your Potential Partner is Well Connected … Maybe Good, Maybe Bad Experience: It is quite common to be taken on the “big tour”, […]
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