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Chinese Work Satisfaction is Pathetic.
Chinese satisfaction with their work is up ….. from 2% to 6%. Oh My. Gallup is great. See them here. Their chart shows what I see in most Western invested companies in China with a twist. First,...
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One of my customers mentioned to me how he felt before he let got of his power hungry invaluable Shanghai leader. He had this guy before we dug him out of that hole. He mentioned that that guy had an...
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Excellence in Hiring Chinese Workers Needed For Breakthrough Performance
You can find glum Chinese workers all over Chinese workers can be great and highly motivated, but it takes great hiring especially at the top level to get there. Pat Lencioni, author of Five...
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Hiring Sales People in China and Keeping Them – 12 Critical Points
Hiring sales people in China does not have to be so hit and miss. With right thinking you can have a great sales people and even a great team. 12 Steps to Hiring Sales People in China and Keeping Them...
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Research and Design People in China – How To Hire and Retain
The energy and diligence in China are great for R&D Research and Design people in China are a hot issue and should be. China has talented engineers, and the Chinese market is the future. Everyone...
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Nelson Mandela – A Leader to Remember For Us All
Nelson Mandela is a great man. He has died, but may his dream live on and grow. His resume is also a lesson to all of us. What were his qualifications to be President of South Africa? Progressive...
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Excellent Colleagues Trump Everything Else
In business excellent colleagues are as needed as here “Excellent colleagues trump everything else” This quote deserves more attention in this excellent HBR article on Netflix success. See the article...
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Your Home Country Chinese Staff Leading Your China Charge?
Confucius taught deep loyalty to your ancestral roots. Chinese Staff in American companies work hard and are often valuable employees. We should not think that makes them the right person to get you...
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Temptations at Work in China on the Internet
By 2012, more than half of all phones shipped in China were smart phones Online temptations at work are surely as big in China as they are in the US. First let me put up a thought from American...
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Good Chinese Management
Good Chinese management is available in China despite what many people think. They are diligent and work to understand your thinking and loyally work for you. The best news is they will not cover up...
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Executive Recruitment China – Do Not Make It Harder
You would think it would be easy to find the right person among 1.3 Billion Executive Recruitment China is our topic today as we do a lot of that so have some thought. Executive Recruitment China Made...
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Retaining Chinese Employees by Flexible Hours
Happy Family; Happy Employees with flexibility Retaining Chinese Employees is not easy. Our research shows that Chinese white collar workers are changing jobs every 2.0 years. Employing great...
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Starbucks China: Adapting and Maintaining to Success
Everyone in China knows Xing Ba Ke Star Bucks China is successful to date, and I see two reasons. 1. They adapted to China and Chinese tastes. 2. They maintained their core values. One of the things...
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Cultural Comparison of China and the United States Plus
Comparison of China and the United States can always show vast differences. This tool I introduce today is no different and very insightful. China Law Blog has put up a blog noting the Geert-Hofstede...
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China Engagement – More Thought To Be Successful
Wanted to give you a little more thought on China Engagement. Ran across an informative and useful article at Boston Consulting Group. China Engagement for Employees is More Important Now Economic...
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China Family Abuse and Impact on Hiring
This is from Wikipedia ‘Cycle of Abuse’ that occurs often in China China Family problems influence hiring deeply due to the background Chinese people are coming from. I think we need to think about...
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Doing M&A in China – Avoiding the HR Trap
Have confidence to make these workers productive working for you? Doing M&A in China takes all the thinking you can muster. Everyone does legal and financial due diligence. Too few do HR due...
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World Class Employees? What They Are. What They Are Not.
Do you really know what your managers are thinking? I know a Western stock held company in North China whose Western GM told me he has three World Class Employees who can get work anywhere in the...
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Engagement and Recruiting
Overconfident he has the right people? Engagement and Recruiting go hand in hand. Have you heard? You can choose the right people to fire, or the people you need the most self select off your team. I...
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Great Leaders and Fatal Flaws – We Can Avoid
Macbeth spurred to error by Lady Macbeth Great leaders are certainly made and not born as my Alma Mater knows. However, sometimes great leaders still fail after learning much. Are we doomed to a fatal...
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Boggled in China – The NDA example
Do you get boggled in China? My family recently bought the game called Boggle, and I have been boggling with my 10 year old for the last few days. Boggle uses our divergent thinking ability. It is...
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Just Open Door? – A Lot More is Needed
I want to write on how an Open Door Policy can kill your company in China or anywhere. Very few people in the West take advantage of the open door policy. but be sure even fewer in China. Chinese...
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How Should We See Management Training in China?
Management Training in China is an important topic that needs more thinking and perhaps more money. Let’s talk about who to train and then four basic paths. Companies do training to improve the...
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Why New Employees Leave and How to Avoid
Why New Employees Leave is a Vexing Problem. Let’s examine the many related aspects together. Bad Recruiting Process Hiring on a certain feeling or from hearing the candidate say certain words leads...
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Coach K and China Hiring
Being a West Point graduate, I cannot help but notice Coach Mike Krzyzewski (Coach K). I do not write today because he won 5 National Championships and 6 Gold Medals as a coach. At the end of his...
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