The Gap in Quality Sourcing
Take a look at this from Renaud on his always excellent China Manufacturing Improvement Blog. The gap in quality sourcing must be narrowed by hiring too. More precisely, top managers have suspicions about kickbacks from suppliers to the purchasing staff. This is so common, I guess I should not elaborate on this. We have seen a […]
Continue Reading →Transparency is the New Normal
After reading Renauds Anjoran’s article at Jacob Yount, I shook my head and said, “Wow, Transparency is the new normal.” He is advancing this thought based on seeing the millenials who love and even demand transparency. So the companies need to provide it as their workers and this growing customer base demands it. They are […]
Continue Reading →First Time Recruiting Success
First time recruiting success is certainly what everyone wants. How do we get there? Given that we have a 95% first time success rate, I guess we are the authority on this question. Let me tell you how we get there. You have some sense of what you want. Often you are not very clear, […]
Continue Reading →Tom Phillips Made Work a Better Place
Tom Phillips died last month and should not be quickly forgotten. Never heard of him? Now is a good time. His Alma Mater put up a synopsis of Tom,and I want to add thought here. Tom took a good company called Raytheon and made it a great company. How did he do it? First, “He […]
Continue Reading →Let’s Outlaw the Phrase: This is China
This is China. Have you ever heard this phrase from your China team? It is an altogether too often used phrase. I also think it often represents a pressure to leave a good path. When I first came to China, I often heard the phrase: “When in Rome, do as the Romans do.” It never […]
Continue Reading →Does Your Candidate Have Enough Character?
I have said this before but see it needs saying again. The US has a voluntary tax reporting system. Even hand written receipts can be official receipts in the US. China does not. We need to think more to get enough character in China. If China used such a system, how much tax money would […]
Continue Reading →Let’s Look Deeper Than How Old Candidates Are
Today let’s talk about Old Candidates. I recently read a LinkedIn article by Louis Loizou that got me thinking. He indicated he is a 22 year old with 32 years of experience. He is 54. Companies have lots of reasons for not wanting a 54 year old. Let’s see if they make good sense. Companies […]
Continue Reading →What Do We Need Beyond Talent?
Companies focus on getting great talent in China. That is reasonable. However, let’s think about what is beyond talent, and you need a lot. You need honesty, dependability, positive attitude, teachability, transparency, passion, ownership, initiative, inspiration, courage, wisdom, empathy, decisiveness, openness, and conflict capability to name a few. It is actually these unseen things that […]
Continue Reading →The China Political Model
Foreign Affairs has an excellent article up that explains the China Political Model and why they are successful. China has been very successful in giving freedom to succeed to its people, and so they have succeeded in 40 years of fabulous growth. How they do it is different than in the West, so it is […]
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