Can we admit mistakes? Can candidates? It is natural for all of us to not want to admit mistakes and failures. Thus we have found in recruiting that people who can are a special breed and make very valuable employees. See also Mistake Are Not the End, Self Deception Might Be It is also epidemic […]
Continue Reading →Company culture in China is super important. Further, companies that have weak cultural capital in China have a much higher chance of staying weak. With strong action at the top from a very excellent leader your company culture in China can escape weakness and become great. Lack of long term excellent leaders is the number […]
Continue Reading →China Executive Search Done Right is hard to find. We see cases where people decide on gut feel and hire the right guy. SHI Group even sees the occasional inside hire where a leader chooses someone inside the company or that they know very well, and it works out well. I also see a host […]
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The CEO of GM is Mary Barra, and she wants integrity foremost. She also wants people who will take ownership and be part of the team from the start. We agree and want to talk to this. If you have a management candidate who tells a story of his or her famous exploits that fit […]
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Executive Recruitment in China is not for amateurs. 80% of executives seeking work with Western firms active in China are lying to get the job offer. Often the recruiters are working against you and with them to get them the job offer. Further challenge is they are experienced in interviewing. So they are experts at […]
Continue Reading →I recently went on a plant tour of Atlas Copco’s impressive facility in Wuxi China. I noticed in Chinese and English on a meeting wall the following words: Doing is Better Than Saying. So well said. Great notice. It is hard to get there in China. Training people hired by resume and interview to follow […]
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What do you need in a recruitment agency in China? I have had some people tell me, “English.” OK, we have the best English, but that hardly seems a core value even if needed. You need responsiveness and a good service attitude. This is also important but not to the point. You need great candidates. […]
Continue Reading →The Chinese culture is about face as children are criticized a lot and need more positive encouragement. That means your Chinese GM or other managers may not be very open to criticism. They also might have self deception. That’s a shame. Note this quote from The BAM Review “That’s a key part of learning from […]
Continue Reading →I have generally felt that rule of law is taking hold progressively in China. However China Law Blog indicated China scams up and quality down. That is a little different than rule of law. I agree with China Law Blog on the scam problem. Well, competition is getting tougher. Chinese morality is not getting […]
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We all want to see perfectly the future performance of a stock. In our line of work, we focus on future performance of a candidate. Neither is a perfect science, but we can get a lot closer on the right future performance of a candidate. It relates closely to past behavior. Psychology Today has an […]
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