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What are some common elements in Chinese mentality? Is China a victim of history? Should China and Chinese people carry an underdog mentality into work or onto the world stage? Chinese Mentality Well it does and a recent research paper call Unmasking China’s Assertive Behavior in the Maritime Sphere helps explain. I paste a portion of […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Your China success is from your employees. Your failure is about you. Good to Great found in research that great leaders look in the mirror when things go bad and look out the window to thank someone when things go well. Such an important research discovery. When are you looking in the mirror, and when are […]
Continue Reading →Perfect China interviewing will not be enough because Chinese people study articles like this more than Westerners. I saw this article called “What Not to Say in a Job Interview” and smiled. Ah well. Westerners game the interview, but no one can touch the Chinese for being able to perform in an interview. I am […]
Continue Reading →China Recruiters, be they International and famous or Domestic, appear to be on the wrong track. Not so long ago we were doing some searching for an American company in West China. Finding talented workers in their remote location is not easy, but the kind of work we like. One candidate complained as we […]
Continue Reading →Successful business leadership China can occur with the right thinking. I recently visited a GM we placed who is rapidly turning around a previously struggling US WOFE. He said, “Western companies are too cheap when they come to China. They need to spend the money to get the right guy to succeed.” I heartily agree. […]
Continue Reading →Hiring sales people does not have to be so hit and miss. With right thinking you can have great sales people and even a great team. 12 Steps to Hiring Sales People and Keeping Them 1. Clarify what and how you need the salesman to sell. (Most companies do this pretty well.) 2. If you […]
Continue Reading →The State of Recruitment in China is not good, and I think I know why. Recruitment in China Needs are great and true talent is highly limited Companies ask for the moon in qualifications and so candidates put that on the proposed resumes, but character takes a back seat, and the good placement batting average […]
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Paul Wang is my General Manager, and one day we were talking about business culture and problems therein. Paul said, “Jim, Chinese people are all trained politicians.” I was shocked by what he said. I felt there was often a lack of transparency in Chinese people, but I never had put that together in that […]
Continue Reading →I have helped a number of Western companies make decisions to invest in China to start factories or other work. We use a matrix of factors that represent what the company needs in location as they try to choose. They are all weighted appropriately by the company leaders. They never list- Is there a Papa […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →China and Teachability are often not concepts we think of together, but we need to. Many word checks will say that teachability is not a word. After a few years managing in China, it became a word I would add to the dictionary. China and Teachability is so valuable and so hard to find. […]
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