Archive for March, 2011

Managing a Good Team in China Requires Process. Not Luck

Tuesday, March 15, 2011 17:09 5 Comments

There are few things more difficult sometimes than managing people, and across cultures it can at times become an exercise in patience, futility, and/ or comedy as managers look for ways to attract, train, and retain staff. For one of my good friends, his theory was that a firm’s most difficult period was when it [...]

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In Defense of the China Consultant

Saturday, March 5, 2011 8:15 13 Comments

Over the last few weeks, I have seen a few posts that caught my eye.  Posts that were directed a particular “China consultant”, were meant to question the need for a “China Consultant”, or were meant to provide advice on how to pick a “China Consultant”… but it was Dan Harris’s recent post China As [...]

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