How did SHI Group China start? In December 2008, my disgust with my previous company’s ethics reached fever pitch, and I resigned in the heart of a deep world recession when everyone who had a job just held on. Companies were shedding Western Staff at a lightening pace to get rid of expat packages and […]
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In China teamwork matters more than we know. Note the survey results. Harvard Business Review came out with a recent study that is surprising by any measure. Harvard business review interviewed 19,000 workers across the world and found out engagement is low everywhere. Two startling discoveries emerged. 1 Chinese engagement dropped dramatically in three years. […]
Continue Reading →I write about low engagement in China often and how much you have to gain from high engagement here and here. Oh, and half a dozen more on engagement here. Harvard Business Review came out with a recent study that is surprising by any measure. They find 19% of Chinese people were highly engaged […]
Continue Reading →For data driven thinkers, emotions friend or foe seems obvious to be foe. Some leaders will turn away from candidates who are emotional people and seek to have a rational office environment. Some are gut feeling hiring managers. Their track record will not be very consistent. We defy them to have the 95% good hires […]
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How does recruiting turn up a higher level of talent in China? Find appropriate resumes and hope that means talent? Interview to see if they can tell good stories? Gut feel? Train candidates how to gain a gut feel with the hiring manager? I see we need to look deeper to get people with better […]
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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 […]
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