Archive for March, 2013
I sometimes talk about things we should fear or be concerned about in China. Today, let’s talk about one unreasonable fear in China. One of my customers mentioned to me how he felt in the days before he fired his power hungry ‘invaluable’ Shanghai leader. He mentioned that that guy had an amazing ability to make […]
Continue Reading →Pulling the trigger to let people go should never feel good. If we can lightly let people go, then we need to think a little about our humanity. Conversely, if we cannot let people go, we are in another ditch. General Powell is very quotable in the area of leadership. and one that often comes […]
Continue Reading →Have you heard the phrase:”Hire for character and train for skills”? Let me explain what I have discovered on the problem of “Train or replace?” I personally have trained and/or hired many hundreds of people in China with great success. In training I have noticed a discernible gap in my success. When I […]
Continue Reading →Hiring Top leadership and finding you have the wrong leader is super frustrating. I am familiar with a host of businesses decisions on people in China that went bad. Here is one. Mistake 1: Focusing on Resumes In 2006, one US$20M factory of a US MNC I know was searching for a GM. They had […]
Continue Reading →Recruiting in China for China is not core data for most companies. Therefore, it often crushes them in China. We can think strategically on this. Following on from a previous post on How to Find a Good Recruiter for your Business, I wanted to cover outsourcing here. People are the key to your business. You […]
Continue Reading →Many have the question:”How do I get a good headhunter for my business? ” They further ask, “How should I use a headhunter?” Here are my answers to these two good questions. Hope you can implement successfully. A Good Headhunter for Your Business has the Following: 1. Desire to understand you and your company’s specific needs […]
Continue Reading →Recent PDF report from Amcham Shanghai highlights the present China opportunity. China has at least 80 Million people who are middle class by American standards, but this quote is the real eye opener. This new environment also offers tremendous opportunity to tap into China’s fast developing domestic market, which according to McKinsey & Co. is expected to […]
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