Most Expats are also Paratrooper Managers, which are foreign leaders perceived by the local workforce to add very little value other than being in a position of authority.
China Expats generally...

You received Chinese cultural training before your first China trip, but it didn't adequately prepare you for what you later encountered.

You have decades of experience living and working in China,...

Is there a difference between negotiations and communications when doing business across cultures?

The healthier and more effective attitude to this answer is 'NO.'

It would be...

Who do you trust to decide a fair outcome of a dispute?
Who do you listen to when there is doubt?

Protests in America Illustrate a Dichotomy

Americans are taught to obey the law and stay out of...

How do you feel when you are treated unfairly?
Who gets to decide what is 'fair,' and what is the way forward when neither side feels the outcome is fair?

Figurative Illustration from America

At the...

How do you decide 'when' and 'if' you can TRUST someone?

Is it based on intuition (your feelings), or do you utilize a set of key indicators to aid your decision?

For most people, TRUST is the...

Have you ever thought Chinese people are brainwashed?

Do you believe the "freedoms" we so value are in Western democracies should be universal human rights?

If you answered 'Yes' to either of these...

May 28, 2020 - Guest speaker appearance for the Evening MBA program at Georgia Tech.

AGENDA

00:01:00 Introduction

00:04:45 Is / Is Not
00:14:40 Perceptions / Misperceptions

00:19:37 Goodwill...

Have you heard of the Innovator's Dilemma?

It's a famous book first released in 1997 by Harvard professor and businessperson Clayton Christensen who demonstrates how successful, outstanding...

Greater TRUST between America and China, geopolitically, and individually between Americans and Chinese is now more important than ever, but sensationalist Western media and Chinese propaganda have...