The short answer is politics. However, let’s look at the deeper issues making this trade war intractable. Taiwan went through a process and is now an open democracy that gets along well with America. Why can’t China just follow Taiwan? Taiwan faces huge pressure from China. They must succeed with being good friends with America, […]
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In China (and Japan) the monkeys are called the Three Wise Monkeys. In the West we see these monkeys as not taking responsiblity and failing to take ownership. The three monkeys mean something different in China, and we need to think about that. In a Western plant in China, the Chinese plant manager tried to […]
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The monkey who did not see evil and the story of the ostrich putting his head in the sand were both in deep denial. Did the recruiting process in China get even to 1 sigma? Should we just accept that is the way things are? Are Western companies in China the ostrich? Many companies have […]
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The China Briefing has been rightly perplexed to hear strong voices say that everyone is leaving China. Me too. China plus one is the optimum thought for China now. China is the second largest economy, and the largest population and not going to be irrelevant any time soon. Further, with a diligent labor force and […]
Continue Reading →As a leader, we are all susceptible to certain temptations that damage our leadership. Having a temptation does not mean we have to succumb to it, but we are very likely to succumb if we have not explicitly recognized it. Lets take a look at the 5 temptations of leaders. It can help us lead […]
Continue Reading →Toxic work cultures are always a bane but more research shows how bad. I here list a LinkedIn article that says people leave toxic work environments more than we thought. She notes it rates higher than people leaving a bad boss. Then she had this amazing quote from Google. Interestingly, research by Google and others has found […]
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Forbes has up a great article on cybersecurity in the age of IOT, and it naturally touched on cybersecurity and recruiting. See whole article here. Note this quote. La Huis notes that insider risk is frequently a bigger threat than an outside entity. That insider risk can come in the form of employees deliberately subverting […]
Continue Reading →I have not recruited outside China so cannot comment on salesmen outside China. I can say with authority that recruiting Salesmen in China is super hard. Now, it can be easy I suppose. Get some resumes and hire the guy who talks best. I am sure that has led to most companies seeing they have […]
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I have written quite a bit about the state of recruiting in China. I think each company has enough on its plate and has its own thinking on the recruiting problem. It is quite reasonable. Let me say what I see in China among Western companies here. Recruiting China Has a Lot of Situations Companies […]
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