I want to mention a book by John K. Fairbanks. It was published in 1967, and the title is China: The People’s Middle Kingdom and the U.S.A In that time, China was in the middle of the cultural revolution and was killing and torturing itself in horrible ways. It was further vilifying America in every […]
Continue Reading →Hi, since I write this blog, I want to give you a little information about myself. Then, you can know more about where I am coming from. See my short Bio below: Jim Nelson graduated from West Point and later got an MBA in Global Economic Development focused on China. He led a pager lamp […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →I was once fed up with the lack of clarity in the Chinese culture, but one day I had the fortune of flying to China seated next to a Chinese Wushu teacher. He lived in Canada. When he realized I spoke Chinese, he immediately began to unload his frustration on me. “You Westerners are so blame specific. It is […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →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) →Lets talk transparency in hiring. In China, I know a business where a production manager physically intimidated a quality manager. Workers had to restrain the production manager from hitting the quality manager in a meeting. The Western leader never knew this happened. We need to have businesses where information like this moves to the right […]
Continue Reading →If you have a remote site in your home country, then you are at risk of workers doing the dog and pony show when you come to visit. If your remote site is in China, then you can bet on the dog and pony show happening to you with little risk. The Dog and Pony […]
Continue Reading →The topic I am raising is am I working for my company foremost or me? And what about my workers? Are they putting the company before their own interest? Me First First is: Have I personally got it straight that I am first working for the company and then working for me? I am at […]
Continue Reading →Optimism and positive thinking are key principles of leadership – but when it blinds leaders to real risks then it is harmful. The Problem is Us – Let’s Look in the Mirror I remember politely telling one GM that his factory was like a train wreck waiting to happen. I could not say which wheel […]
Continue Reading →A friend of mine noted that a lot of SME decisions in family companies have been “done by the seat of their pants.” Indeed, many entrepreneurial people are successful going with their gut in their home country. That’s great if it works. However, when you come to China, you can’t depend on your gut feelings. […]
Continue Reading →Consistently finding good Chinese managers is very hard but not impossible. Why are Good Chinese Managers So Hard to Find? Why is that? In America, they are hard to find. But in China, they are even harder to find. Most managers never had a class on how to hire people. They spend at most 20 […]
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