In this Jeitocast, Karen Beaman interviews Alsen Hsein, Senior China Advisor with Jeitosa Group based in Shanghai. Alsen has been working in China for the last 40 years, and seen the legal and regulatory environment change significantly. The biggest challenge that China will be facing for the coming four to five years is in acquiring and retaining talented and experienced managers. Current projections are that China needs 75,000 manager level individuals just to fill their current open positions. Alsen talks about some of the strategies that Chinese companies are implementing to help meet their talent challenges.

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In this Jeitocast, Karen Beaman interviews Michael Novak, CEO of Tertia Corporation, U.S. representative for China’s International Software Services Fair — the Comdex of China — and past president of Clark Consulting Group, the largest intercultural communications company in the U.S. with a focus on U.S.-Asia business communications. The jeito Karen and Michael discuss is: What do companies need to know about doing business in China?

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I recently read an article about how doing business in China means turning the old adage, “Think Global, Act Local,” on its head. Frankly, it occurs to me that this inverse thinking, “Think Local, Act Global” (1) applies not only to working in China, and that many companies go about globalization completely the wrong way.

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