Archive for December, 2014
Posted by Jim Nelson on December 30, 2014
It is hard anywhere to get great engagement, and China has its own complexity. Distrust among Chinese is high and toward foreigners often the same, and it can be hard to know. So developing trust with your Chinese workers and helping them to be able to have trust among each other are both significant tasks. […]
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Posted by Jim Nelson on December 23, 2014
Comparison of China and the United States can always show vast differences. This tool I introduce today is no different and very insightful. I want to note the Geert-Hofstede country comparison tool. They are interesting to take a look at. I want to note power distance and individualism in respect to the US and China. Power […]
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Posted by Jim Nelson on December 15, 2014
Walmart China has a problem and so do over 70% of the Western Businesses in China. Western Companies continues to think they can hire in China by their own western wisdom and succeed. OK, some of the 70% are succeeding but not nearly as well as they could have. Further, they always face the risk […]
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Posted by Jim Nelson on December 8, 2014
Companies are not thinking through China Executive Search in the right way. China’s economy is number 1 using purchasing power parity (PPP). So let’s get this right. Let me give an example to show what I mean. China Executive Search Placement Gone Wrong Last year, we had a placement of ours fired by the GM […]
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Posted by Jim Nelson on December 1, 2014
Interviewing in China is important and takes time. However, relying on expert interviewing is certainly not a plan in China. China Law Blog has a post up on suing in China. I paste my point of interest below. China’s arbitral bodies allow little to no discovery and they oftentimes do not even allow live testimony. […]
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