Management in China
Management of People when doing business in China
The Year of the Tiger!
A special message to our many Chinese readers of the Thought of the Day... »
Effective Leadership Style
To be a truly effective leader, you must: believe in, trust, empower, challenge, and develop your people! »
Effective Motivation
The problem with the “carrot and stick” is that today’s “carrot” becomes tomorrow expected benefit and the “stick” only works when the fearful leader with the stick is present. The only form of permanent, self-sustaining, motivation is personal motivation. »
Holiday Bonus – Executive Self Rating
The "Thought of the Day" will be on holiday this week and next, to return on January 5th, but we have a gift for you! As a special gift to our readers and to demo a future potential method of delivering valuable content to you in new ways we're giving you a 'private' video... »
What Can We Do?
As I write this week's Thoughts, I am in the U.S. Having spent most of this year in China, I find I have to adjust mentally to what I hear about the financial situation in the world from the U.S. news media as well as from many U.S. business types. For many of you... »
China 101 – Cultural Differences
The most oft searched topic of our Thought of the Day posts are from people seeking information on the cultural differences of doing business as an American working with the Chinese or vice versa. I recently attended the 10th Annual U.S. – China Trade Conference in Chicago and would like to share some... »
Who’s the Worst Performer on your Team?
A message to management: Have you ever stopped to think that "The worst performer on your team could be you?" When a sports team has a loosing record, you do not replace all the players, you replace the head-coach and in some cases, the entire coaching staff. So why is it that in business these... »
Selecting the Right Employees
Here's a simple idea that may help you. Start making a list of what constitutes the best performance from all of your team members, employees in your department or in your company. Make a similar list of what constitutes the worst performance from the same groups. Behavior is equally important as knowledge and technical... »
Ensuring the Success of a New Supervisor
It is not unusual when you receive your first assignment with responsibility over others to project on the outside a "Can do!" attitude while on the inside your may be saying, "What have I gotten myself into?" Those of you who have heard me speak on leadership to university classes, and a few companies... »
A Bright Future for Global Business
Continuation of Thought from Dr. Jason D. Patent: The culturally savvy leader is also a person of equanimity, foresight and patience. They know that even though they may grow frustrated at times with the "different" people they are working with, they will steady themselves and move forward. They are willing and able to do this... »
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