What Should a Chinese Employee Expect from a Western Company? In our previous article, together with Floor Nobels, we have been writing about the expectations and realities of what working for a Western firm is like as a Chinese employee. At the end of the article we...
Working for a Western company and boss is becoming more commonplace for Chinese employees these days. This is a new trend and brings new visions on what is to be expected from “us” Westerners. This article lists some of the most amusing and most often occurring views...
Your company has a major project, and you need to motivate your staff in order to reach the deadline of this project. In different countries, different leadership skills are required to successfully complete such an assignment as a manager. In your own country you...
Or “Curb Your Enthusiasm” might have been another title for this article. It all depends on whether you are a glass-is-half-full-person or a glass-is-half-empty-person. Many companies we encounter are very enthusiastically about their plans of entering the market in...
Many of our articles are focused on businesses starting out in China. A very important aspect of building a business in a foreign country is one’s staff. This article is written together with Floor Nobels of Worklife Recruitment. Floor has been very successful...
Doing business in China is generally perceived as challenging, especially for small business owners with budgets that require making choices. Should they pay for a market entry study to determine their market or pay for the translation of documents? Should they pay...
